Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 21, 1932 and graduated from Wesleyan University. His film Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song uses the majority of his own money with actors and staff who are not professional, it is a great success in the African American audience and pioneers the "blaxsploitation" movie type did. His son is actor and director Mario van Peebles

84 year old actor, director and producer, Melvin Van Peebles, was known for Badasssss Song in the 1971 movie "Sweet Sweetback" and created a new genre for African Americans. He is also the father of famous actor and director Mario van Peebles. He is the director and starred in the popular movie "New Jack City." According to Van Peebles, the passenger suggested that he should become a filmmaker. Van Peebles photographed his first short film "Pickup Men" in Herrick in 1957 and produced two short films in the same period. Regarding these movies, Mr. Van Peebles says: "I think they are special, the result is 11 minutes, I am trying to do the function, I do not do anything." He said, "I can make a feature film of $ 500, which is 90 I do not know about filming 16: 1, 10: 1, or nothing, then I will develop a movie that I had to forget you

As a truly versatile artist, Melvin Van Peebles is known for his movie Sweet Sweetback Badassssss Song. He is involved in composition, production, starring, editing and scores. The film eventually began the presentation style, but Van Peebles includes La Permission (also known as "3 day pass story") who made his debut in Paris several years ago. Some novels he wrote. Watermelon's talent debuted in the United States was not until 1970, and after a certain degree of success he developed further his creative talent while working at Broadway. As a filmmaker in the 1970s, he broke the obstacle of the industry when it seemed to be almost impossible. Therefore, he has been a source of inspiration for generations of writers and directors for decades to come. To celebrate the Black History Month, we gathered some lessons and suggestions he has shared over the years.