# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/geling-yan
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:11:24.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/geling-yan"
name: "Geling Yan"
slug: "geling-yan"
description: "Geling Yan is a Chinese-American author and screenwriter, known for her collaborations with major Chinese directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang. Since 2022, Yan has been blacklisted in China following her criticism of Chinese leader Xi Jinping."
tagline: "Chinese writer and screenwriter (1958- )"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2008TIBE_Day4_Hall1_ThemeSquare_Geling_Yen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.10549066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945802/"
    handle:    "nm0945802"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Geling Yan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yan Geling"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geling_Yan"
    title: "Geling Yan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Geling Yan"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geling_Yan"
    title: "Geling Yan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Geling Yan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Geling Yan"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Yan Geling"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump