Melvin Van Peebles
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!.
Fotos
Filmes (58)
Melvin Van Peebles O Nascimento de um Heroi Negro
2022 · Self
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021 · Self
Conspiração Criminosa
2018 · Grandpa V.
Peeples
2013 · Grandpa Peeples
Salty Dog Blues
2012 · Self (Interviewee)
Redemption Road
2011 · Elmo
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011 · Self (voice)
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door
2011
American Swing
2009 · Self
Directors on Directing
2009 · Self
The Black List: Volume Two
2009 · Self
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
2008 · Melvin Van Peebles, Director, Writer
Blackout
2007 · George
Hard Luck - Jogo Sujo
2006 · Hospital Prophet
SMUT
2006 · Elmoore
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
2006 · Self (archive footage)
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005
Unstoppable
2005 · Self
O Retorno De Sweetback
2004 · Book
The Hebrew Hammer
2003 · Sweetback
The Real Deal: What It Is
2003 · Self, Director
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Self
Bellyful
2000 · Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Novel, Original Music Composer
René Vautier, le rebelle
2000 · Self
Love Kills
1999 · Able
Classified X
1998 · Self, Writer
Riot
1997 · Vernon
Calm at Sunset
1996 · Mr. Bucket
Gangue do Mal
1996 · Andre Speier, Director, Producer
Tales of Erotica
1996 · Director, Writer
Panteras Negras
1995 · Old Jail Bird, Screenplay, Novel, Producer
O Guerreiro da Estrela Polar
1995 · Asher
Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
1995 · Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor
Terminal Velocity
1994 · Noble
Farewell, Babylon!
1993 · Self
O Último Grande Herói
1993 · Self
Posse: A Vingança de Jessie Lee
1993 · Papa Joe
O Príncipe das Mulheres
1992 · Editor
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992 · Louis Armstrong (voice)
Cara de Um, Focinho de Outros
1991 · Taxi Driver
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989 · Self
Identity Crisis
1989 · The Inspector, Producer, Editor, Director
Taking Care of Terrific
1988 · Hawk
Jaws: The Revenge
1987 · Mr. Witherspoon
O.C. and Stiggs
1987 · Wino Bob
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
1987 · Writer
America
1986 · Man Interviewed
Greased Lightning
1977 · Screenplay, Writer
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976 · Writer
Don't Play Us Cheap
1973 · Director, Editor, Theatre Play, Screenplay, Songs, Original Music Composer
Wattstax
1973 · Self
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971 · Sweetback, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Original Music Composer
Watermelon Man
1970 · Sign Painter (uncredited), Director, Original Music Composer
Slogan
1969 · Writer
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
1968 · Director, Writer, Music
500 Francs
1961 · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
Sunlight
1957 · Director
Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick
1957 · Director, Writer
Séries (15)
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Sex: The Revolution
2008 · Self
Girlfriends
2000 · Kenneth Daly
O Iluminado
1997 · Richard Hallorann
A Quinta Dimensão
1995 · Director
Erotic Tales
1994 · Director
Living Single
1993
Homicídio
1993 · Bennett Jackson
Dream On
1990 · Norman Green
Sonny Spoon
1988
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984 · Writer
The Sophisticated Gents
1981 · Walter 'Moon' Porter, Teleplay
Pour le plaisir
1964 · Self
Seize millions de jeunes
1964 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Bucket