Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Acting 1932-08-21 Chicago, Illinois, USA

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!.

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2009 Self
2007 George
2006 Hospital Prophet
2006 Elmoore
2006 Self (archive footage)
2005 Self
2004 Writer
2003 Sweetback
2003 Director
2002 Self
2000 Kenneth Daly
2000 Writer
2000 Music
2000 Director
2000 Producer
1999 Able
1998 Self
1998 Writer
1997 Vernon
1997 Richard Hallorann
1996 Mr. Bucket
1996 Andre Speier
1996 Director
1996 Producer
1996 Director
1996 Writer
1995 Old Jail Bird
1995 Director
1995 Writer
1995 Screenplay
1995 Novel
1995 Producer
1995 Producer
1995 Original Music Composer
1995 Editor
1995 Director
1994 Noble
1993 Papa Joe
1993 Self
1993 Self
1993 Bennett Jackson
1992 Editor
1992 Louis Armstrong (voice)
1991 Taxi Driver
1990 Norman Green
1989 The Inspector
1989 Producer
1989 Editor
1989 Director
1989 Director
1987 Wino Bob
1987 Mr. Witherspoon
1986 Man Interviewed
1984 Writer
1981 Walter 'Moon' Porter
1981 Teleplay
1977 Screenplay
1977 Writer
1976 Writer
1973 Self
1973 Director
1973 Editor
1973 Theatre Play
1973 Screenplay
1973 Songs
1973 Original Music Composer
1971 Sweetback
1971 Director
1971 Producer
1971 Screenplay
1971 Editor
1971 Original Music Composer
1970 Sign Painter (uncredited)
1970 Director
1970 Original Music Composer
1969 Writer
1968 Director
1968 Writer
1968 Music
1961 Director
1961 Writer
1961 Original Music Composer
1957
1957 Director
1951 Bucket