
Known for
Acting
Born
August 21, 1932
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
September 21, 2021 (aged 89)
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-...
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as Grandpa V.
2013
as Grandpa Peeples
2012
as Self (Interviewee)
2011
as Elmo
2011
as Self (voice)
2011
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as Self
2009
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2009
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2008
as Melvin Van Peebles, Director, Writer
2008
2007
as George
2006
as Hospital Prophet
2006
as Elmoore
2006
as Self (archive footage)
2005
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2004
Book
2003
as Sweetback
2003
as Self, Director
2002
as Self
2000