Melvin Van Peebles
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In 1995, he directed and co-starred in Panther based on a screenplay adapted by his father, Melvin Van Peebles, from his novel of the same name portraying the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, tracing the organization from its founding through its decline in a compressed timeframe.
- Actor, film director
- Columbia University
- Matthews
- Mario Cain Van Peebles, January 15, 1957 (age 66), Mexico City, Mexico
Melvin Van Peebles married Maria Marx, a German actress. They lived in Mexico for a period in the late 1950s, where he painted portraits. Their son, actor and director Mario Van Peebles , was born while they resided in Mexico.
May 7, 2021 · Mario Van Peebles, his son, followed his father into the film industry after playing the son of his real-life father’s character in Sweetback. First as an actor, the younger Van Peebles rose to prominence with roles in films such as Exterminator 2 (1984) and Heartbreak Ridge (1986).
Sep 25, 2021 · Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing Black filmmaker best known for 1971’s Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song, died on Tuesday at the age of 89. Here, one of his sons, Mario Van Peebles, a noted...
May 17, 2021 · The elder Van Peebles will be 89 on August 21. Overseeing his estate are Mario and his brother Max, who might recognize an urgency in collaborating with their father to reintroduce his life’s...
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Sep 25, 2021 · Mario Van Peebles (left) and his father, Melvin Van Peebles, in 2004. Melvin Van Peebles, a Broadway playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” films...
Sep 23, 2021 · CNN — Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing African-American director who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema in the 1970s, has died, his son announced Wednesday. He was 89. Van...
