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Melvin Van Peebles

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Nascimento
21 de agosto de 1932 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Falecimento
21 de setembro de 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!.

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O Último Grande Herói
Filme · 1993 · ★ 6,5
Pôster de Tubarão 87 - A Vingança
Tubarão 87 - A Vingança
Filme · 1987 · ★ 4,1
Pôster de O Príncipe das Mulheres
O Príncipe das Mulheres
Filme · 1992 · ★ 5,7
Pôster de O Iluminado
O Iluminado
Série · 1997 · ★ 6,3
Pôster de Velocidade Terminal
Velocidade Terminal
Filme · 1994 · ★ 5,4
Pôster de A Quinta Dimensão
A Quinta Dimensão
Série · 1995 · ★ 7,7
Pôster de Homicídio
Homicídio
Série · 1993 · ★ 8,1
Pôster de Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Filme · 1971 · ★ 5,1
Pôster de Posse: A Vingança de Jessie Lee
Posse: A Vingança de Jessie Lee
Filme · 1993 · ★ 5,5
Pôster de O Guerreiro da Estrela Polar
O Guerreiro da Estrela Polar
Filme · 1995 · ★ 4,3
Pôster de Hard Luck - Jogo Sujo
Hard Luck - Jogo Sujo
Filme · 2006 · ★ 5,5
Pôster de Peeples
Peeples
Filme · 2013 · ★ 5,6

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