Melvin Van Peebles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melvin "Block" Van Peebles (August 21, 1932 - September 21, 2021) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer. He was most famous for creating the acclaimed film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which heralded a new era of African American focused films. He was the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvin Van Peebles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
KNOWN FOR
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Girlfriends
7.2
Living Single
8.4
Homicide: Life on the Street
8.1
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Sonny Spoon
5.5
Sex: The Revolution
7
The Sophisticated Gents
7
Dream On
6.9
The Shining
6.278
Movies
Identity Crisis
1.333
Taking Care of Terrific
0
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
5.212
Fist of the North Star
4.3
O.C. and Stiggs
4.5
BaadAsssss Cinema
6.1
Peeples
5.6
Directors on Directing
0
True Identity
5.5
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
8
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
6.5
Calm at Sunset
5.583
Gang in Blue
4.958
René Vautier, le rebelle
10
Hard Luck
5.6
Watermelon Man
6.4
The Black List: Volume Two
6
Blackout
5.556
SMUT
0
Unstoppable
0
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
6.714
Wattstax
6.8
Classified X
4.5
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
0
Panther
6.2
Riot
5.45
Love Kills
2
American Swing
5.1
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
7.603
Jaws: The Revenge
4.074
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
6
The Real Deal: What It Is
0
Terminal Velocity
5.346
Salty Dog Blues
0
Armed
4.409
America
3.25
The Hebrew Hammer
5.4
Sunlight
0
Posse
5.305
Last Action Hero
6.475
Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat by the Door
0
Farewell, Babylon!
0
Boomerang
5.653
Redemption Road
5
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
6.25
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
7