Melvin Van Peebles
- Nascita
- 21 agosto 1932
- Morte
- 21 settembre 2021
- Luogo di nascita
- 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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Recitazione 28
In esameNaissance d'un héros noir au cinéma : Sweet Sweetback2022
Oscar Micheaux - Il supereroe del cinema americano2021
In esameArmed2018
In esamePeeples2013
In esameRedemption Road2011
In esameThe Black Power Mixtape 1967-19752011
American Swing2009
Blackout2007
In esameHard Luck - Uno strano scherzo del destino2006
In esameThe Hebrew Hammer2003
BaadAsssss Cinema2002
In esameLove Kills - Amore e pallottole1999
In esameRiot1997
Panther1995
In esameFist of the North Star1995
Terminal Velocity1994
Last Action Hero - L'ultimo grande eroe1993
Posse - La leggenda di Jessie Lee1993
Il principe delle donne1992
In esameCambio d'identità1991- Making 'Do the Right Thing'In esameMaking 'Do the Right Thing'1989
In esameIdentity Crisis1989
In esameTaking Care of Terrific1988
Lo squalo 4 - La vendetta1987
In esameO.C. and Stiggs1987
In esameAmerica1986
In esameSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song1971
In esameL'uomo caffellatte1970
Regia 5
Sceneggiatura 6
Produzione 3
Altri ruoli 4
- In esameIdentity Crisis1989 · Recitazione, Regia, Produzione, Montaggio
- In esameSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song1971 · Recitazione, Regia, Sceneggiatura, Produzione, Musiche originali, Montaggio
- In esameL'uomo caffellatte1970 · Recitazione, Regia, Musiche originali
In esameLa permission1968 · Regia, Sceneggiatura, Musiche originali