Melvin Van Peebles
Acting
Born August 21, 1932 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 succe…
Known For · 40 titles
Homicide: Life on the Street
Girlfriends
Living Single
Dream On
Jaws: The Revenge
The Shining
Last Action Hero
Pour le plaisir
Hollywood Black
Seize millions de jeunes
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Boomerang
American Swing
Posse
Sonny Spoon
Panther
The Sophisticated Gents
Fist of the North Star
Terminal Velocity
Sex: The Revolution
Hard Luck
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Farewell, Babylon!
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Peeples
Armed
Love Kills
The Hebrew Hammer
True Identity
Watermelon Man
The Black List: Volume Two
BaadAsssss Cinema
Redemption Road
René Vautier, le rebelle
Riot
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
O.C. and Stiggs
Calm at Sunset
Gang in Blue
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood