Melvin Van Peebles
- Naissance
- 21 août 1932
- Décès
- 21 septembre 2021
- Origine
- 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.
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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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Interprétation 28
À l’étudeNaissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback2022
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking2021
À l’étudeArmed2018
À l’étudePeeples2013
À l’étudeRedemption Road2011
À l’étudeThe Black Power Mixtape 1967-19752011
American Swing2009
Blackout2007
À l’étudeMiddleman2006
À l’étudeThe Hebrew Hammer2003
BaadAsssss Cinema2002
À l’étudeLove Kills1999
À l’étudeRiot1997
Panther1995
À l’étudeKen le survivant1995
Terminal velocity1994
Last Action Hero1993
La Revanche de Jessie Lee1993
Boomerang1992
À l’étudeDouble identité1991- Making 'Do the Right Thing'À l’étudeMaking 'Do the Right Thing'1989
À l’étudeIdentity Crisis1989
À l’étudeTaking Care of Terrific1988
Les Dents de la mer 4 : La Revanche1987
À l’étudeO.C. and Stiggs1987
À l’étudeAmerica1986
À l’étudeSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song1971
À l’étudeWatermelon Man1970
Réalisation 5
Scénario 6
Production 3
Autres fonctions 4
- À l’étudeIdentity Crisis1989 · Interprétation, Réalisation, Production, Montage
- À l’étudeSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song1971 · Interprétation, Réalisation, Scénario, Production, Musique originale, Montage
- À l’étudeWatermelon Man1970 · Interprétation, Réalisation, Musique originale
À l’étudeLa Permission1968 · Réalisation, Écriture, Musique originale