Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles 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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🎬 Movies
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
actor
2021
Peeples
actor
2013
Redemption Road
actor
2011
American Swing
actor
2009
Blackout
actor
2007
Hard Luck
actor
2006
Baadasssss!
writer
2004
The Hebrew Hammer
actor
2003
Love Kills
actor
1999
Riot
actor
1997
Calm at Sunset
actor
1996
Gang in Blue
actor
1996
Gang in Blue
director
1996
Tales of Erotica
director
1996
Tales of Erotica
writer
1996
Panther
writer
1995
Fist of the North Star
actor
1995
Terminal Velocity
actor
1994
Posse
actor
1993
Boomerang
actor
1992
True Identity
actor
1991
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
actor
1989
Taking Care of Terrific
actor
1988
Jaws: The Revenge
actor
1987
Greased Lightning
writer
1977
Wattstax
actor
1973
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
director
1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
writer
1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
actor
1971
Watermelon Man
director
1970
Slogan
writer
1969
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
director
1968
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
writer
1968
