Melvin Van Peebles

Director
Credits
Director: Melvin Van Peebles' Classified X (writer/narrator, 1998); Outer Limits (1997, Fox); Gang in Blue (1995, feature); Vroom, Vroom, Vroom (1994) also producer, screenplay, composer; Identity Crisis (1990) also producer, performer, composer; Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song (1971) also producer, screenplay, performer, composer; Watermelon Man (1970) also composer. Director/Screenwriter/Composer: Story of a Three Day Pass; Cinq Cent Balles (short); Three Pickup Men for Herrick (short); Sunlight (short) also producer.
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Visual History
Van Peebles Interview
Visual History Interview
Melvin Van Peebles discusses his career with his son, director and actor Mario Van Peebles, including starting to direct in France, his award-winning film The Story of a Three Day Pass, and kicking off the blaxpoitation genre with his independently financed and produced Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.