Acting
Melvin Van Peebles
- Titles
- 56movies13TV shows
- Career
Active from 1957 to 2011, busiest in 1995 and 1996 with 3 main titles each.
- Directed
- 15titles as director
- Average score
56/100
- Highest rated
The Outer Limits82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Social Commentary6.7average 4.9
- Pop Culture4.0average 2.2
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism4.6average 3.3
- Satire & Parody3.5average 2.3
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Historical3.6average 2.6
- Physical Comedy3.3average 2.5
Rarely in their work
- Mystery3.4, average 4.1
- Fantasy1.1, average 1.8
- Family Dynamics4.0, average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism4.6, average 5.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 3
- 1970s Cinema 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Contemporary Realism 2
- American South 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Melancholy 2
- Blaxploitation 2
- Anthology Series 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mario Van PeeblesActorPanther, Sonny Spoon, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Baadasssss!, Gang in Blue, +3 more
J. T. WalshActorTrue Identity, Gang in Blue
Rhetta HughesActorSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Don't Play Us Cheap
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
50Upcoming
1 title
as Elmoore
2010s
3 titles · average score 50
2000s
9 titles · average score 61
as Melvin Van Peebles
77TV show
41
as George
47
as Hospital Prophet
82
Writer
50
as Sweetback
Director
Producer, Director
74
TV show · as Kenneth Daly
1990s
18 titles · average score 56
69
Writer
47
as Andre Speier
48
Director
as Mr. Bucket
46
as Old Jail Bird
Editor, Director
28
as Noble
89
TV show · as Bennett Jackson
74
TV show
as Louis Armstrong (voice)
43
as Taxi Driver
76
TV show · as Norman Green
1980s
8 titles · average score 38
16
as The Inspector
TV show
24
as Mr. Witherspoon
44
as Wino Bob
68
as Man Interviewed
TV show · as Walter 'Moon' Porter
1970s
5 titles · average score 64
58
Screenplay, Writer
68
Original Music Composer, Theatre Play
61
as Sweetback
70
as Sign Painter (uncredited)
1960s
3 titles · average score 64
56
Writer
72
Writer, Director
Writer, Original Music Composer
1950s
3 titles · average score 83
Director
Writer, Director
83
TV show · as Bucket