Xiao Wu
Fenyang was the birthplace of film director Jia Zhangke. His 1997 film "Xiao Wu" was filmed in Fenyang. His 2000 film "Platform" is set from the end of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s in and around Fenyang. Subsequently, Jia's 2015 film "Mountains May Depart" featured scenes set in Fenyang in 1999 and 2014. Fengyang is also the birthplace of Guo Qinglan, (, the widow of Dwarkanath Kotnis.