Ren Pengnian (; 1894 in Shanghai â 23 February 1968) was a Chinese film director who created the first standard-length narrative film in China. He started a film company in 1926 called Dongfang Film Studio.
Ren filmed over forty films during his career as a director, and also starred in some of them. His 1921 film Yan Ruisheng was the first narrative film in China to be of full-length. The movie was based on a real murder that occurred in Shanghai.