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Melvin Van Peebles
Acting

Melvin Van Peebles
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1932-08-21,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time. The film won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival which gained him the interest of Hollywood studios, leading to his American feature debut Watermelon Man, in 1970. Eschewing further overtures from Hollywood, he used the successes he had so far to bankroll his work as an independent filmmaker. In 1971, he released his best-known work, creating and starring in the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which led to the creation of the blaxploitation genre. although critic Roger Ebert did not consider this example of Van Peebles' work to be an exploitation film. He followed this up with the musical, Don't Play Us Cheap, based on his own stage play, and continued to make films, write novels and stage plays in English and in French through the next several decades; his final films include the French-language film Le Conte du ventre plein (2000) and the absurdist film Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (2008). His son, filmmaker and actor Mario Van Peebles, appeared in several of his works and portrayed him in the 2003 biographical film Baadasssss!.

Filmography

Identity Crisis

2.25

Identity Crisis
1989-09-15

Taking Care of Terrific

5.5

Taking Care of Terrific
1988-01-16

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

5.172

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971-03-31

Fist of the North Star

4.361

Fist of the North Star
1995-04-22

O.C. and Stiggs

4.524

O.C. and Stiggs
1987-07-10

BaadAsssss Cinema

6.02

BaadAsssss Cinema
2002-08-14

5.6

Peeples
2013-05-09

Directors on Directing

0

Directors on Directing
2009-09-24

5.6

True Identity
1991-08-23

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

8

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
2022-03-16

Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

6.5

Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
2008-08-22

6.2

Calm at Sunset
1996-12-01

5.2

Gang in Blue
1996-09-08

René Vautier, le rebelle

10

René Vautier, le rebelle
2000-04-29

5.519

Hard Luck
2006-10-17

6.271

Watermelon Man
1970-05-27

The Black List: Volume Two

6

The Black List: Volume Two
2009-02-26

5.6

Blackout
2007-10-01

9

SMUT
2006-05-30

0

Unstoppable
2005-02-13

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

6.875

Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989-11-03

6.947

Wattstax
1973-02-04

5.417

Classified X
1998-10-16

Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition

0

Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
2006-01-31

6.261

Panther
1995-05-03

5.4

Riot
1997-04-27

3.5

Love Kills
1999-10-04

5.1

American Swing
2009-10-17

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

7.57

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011-04-01

Jaws: The Revenge

4.094

Jaws: The Revenge
1987-07-17

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

7.2

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005-04-07

The Real Deal: What It Is

0

The Real Deal: What It Is
2003-01-14

Terminal Velocity

5.369

Terminal Velocity
1994-09-23

Salty Dog Blues

0

Salty Dog Blues
2012-01-01

4.3

Armed
2018-09-14

4

America
1986-10-01

The Hebrew Hammer

5.462

The Hebrew Hammer
2003-12-05

10

Sunlight
1957-01-01

5.4

Posse
1993-05-14

Last Action Hero

6.477

Last Action Hero
1993-06-18

Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door

0

Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door
2011-01-01

Farewell, Babylon!

0

Farewell, Babylon!
1993-08-28

5.675

Boomerang
1992-06-28

Redemption Road

5

Redemption Road
2011-08-26

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

6.2

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021-07-10

Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong

7

Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992-01-01

7.319

Girlfriends
2000-09-11

8.038

Living Single
1993-08-29

Homicide: Life on the Street

8.098

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-01-31

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

5.5

Sonny Spoon
1988-02-12

Sex: The Revolution

7

Sex: The Revolution
2008-05-12

The Sophisticated Gents

8.5

The Sophisticated Gents
1981-09-29

6.967

Dream On
1990-07-08

6.323

The Shining
1997-04-27

Hollywood Black

9

Hollywood Black
2024-08-11