Foto di Melvin Van Peebles
Recitazione

Melvin Van Peebles

Professione
Recitazione
Nascita
21 agosto 1932 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Morte
21 settembre 2021

Biografia

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!.

Noto per

Locandina di Last Action Hero - L'ultimo grande eroe
Last Action Hero - L'ultimo grande eroe
Film · 1993 · ★ 6,5
Locandina di Lo squalo 4 - La vendetta
Lo squalo 4 - La vendetta
Film · 1987 · ★ 4,1
Locandina di Il principe delle donne
Il principe delle donne
Film · 1992 · ★ 5,7
Locandina di Shining
Shining
Serie · 1997 · ★ 6,3
Locandina di Terminal Velocity
Terminal Velocity
Film · 1994 · ★ 5,4
Locandina di Oltre i limiti
Oltre i limiti
Serie · 1995 · ★ 7,7
Locandina di Homicide
Homicide
Serie · 1993 · ★ 8,1
Locandina di Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Film · 1971 · ★ 5,1
Locandina di Posse - La leggenda di Jessie Lee
Posse - La leggenda di Jessie Lee
Film · 1993 · ★ 5,5
Locandina di Il ritorno di Kenshiro
Il ritorno di Kenshiro
Film · 1995 · ★ 4,3
Locandina di Hard Luck - Uno strano scherzo del destino
Hard Luck - Uno strano scherzo del destino
Film · 2006 · ★ 5,5
Locandina di Peeples
Peeples
Film · 2013 · ★ 5,6

Filmografia