Acting
Melvin Van Peebles
- Titles
- 56movies14TV shows
- Career
Active from 1957 to 2008, busiest in 1995 and 1996 with 3 main titles each.
- Directed
- 15titles as director
- Average score
53/100
- Highest rated
The Outer Limits82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Pop Culture4.0average 2.2
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.7
- Social Commentary6.5average 4.9
- Politics3.9average 2.6
- Satire & Parody3.5average 2.3
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Historical3.6average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Mystery3.2, average 4.1
- Fantasy1.1, average 1.7
- Family Dynamics4.1, average 4.8
- Scare2.1, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- 1970s Cinema 2
- Melancholy 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mario Van PeeblesActorSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Sonny Spoon, Panther, Gang in Blue, Identity Crisis, +1 more
Rhetta HughesActorSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Don't Play Us Cheap
J.T. WalshActorTrue Identity, Gang in Blue
Stephen J. CannellActorSonny Spoon, Identity Crisis- IIgor SunaraCinematographerTales of Erotica, Vrooom Vrooom Vroooom
- RRobert MaxwellCinematographerSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Don't Play Us Cheap
Movies and TV shows
492010s
3 titles · average score 43
2000s
9 titles · average score 58
as Melvin Van Peebles
as George
as Elmoore
as Hospital Prophet
as Sweetback
Director
Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
TV show · as Kenneth Daly
1990s
18 titles · average score 53
Writer
as Andre Speier
Director, Writer
as Old Jail Bird
Writer, Producer
as Noble
TV show · as Bennett Jackson
TV show
as Louis Armstrong (voice)
as Editor
as Taxi Driver
TV show · as Norman Green
1980s
8 titles · average score 33
as The Inspector
TV show
as Mr. Witherspoon
as Wino Bob
as Man Interviewed
TV show · as Walter 'Moon' Porter
1970s
5 titles · average score 59
Screenplay, Writer
Editor, Original Music Composer
as Sweetback
as Sign Painter (uncredited)
1960s
3 titles · average score 58
Writer
Writer, Director
Original Music Composer, Writer
1950s
3 titles · average score 85
Director
Writer, Director
TV show · as Bucket