Melvin Van Peebles

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composer film director film producer human novelist pioneer of Blaxploitation cinema pioneer of independent cinema playwright screenwriter

Melvin Van Peebles was an influential American filmmaker, actor, writer, and composer best known for pioneering independent and Blaxploitation cinema with works like "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song."

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Surface form	Occurrences
Mario Van Peebles	1

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instanceOf	composer ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ pioneer of Blaxploitation cinema ⓘ pioneer of independent cinema ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
birthName	Melvin Peebles NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
child	Mario Van Peebles NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Van Peebles NERFINISHED ⓘ Megan Van Peebles NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedMusicFor	Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1932-08-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2021-09-21 ⓘ
directed	Don't Play Us Cheap NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song NERFINISHED ⓘ The Story of a Three-Day Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ Watermelon Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
genre	Blaxploitation film ⓘ independent film ⓘ
influenced	Mario Van Peebles NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Melvin Van Peebles NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Don't Play Us Cheap NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song NERFINISHED ⓘ The Story of a Three-Day Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ Watermelon Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
notedFor	pioneering Blaxploitation cinema ⓘ pioneering independent African American cinema ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ composer ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ musician ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
wrote	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death NERFINISHED ⓘ Don't Play Us Cheap NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song NERFINISHED ⓘ The Story of a Three-Day Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Shining (1997 miniseries) → stars → Melvin Van Peebles ⓘ

Doug McHenry → hasWorkedWith → Melvin Van Peebles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mario Van Peebles

Fantasy Records → releasedArtist → Melvin Van Peebles ⓘ

Greased Lightning → screenwriter → Melvin Van Peebles ⓘ

Terminal Velocity → starring → Melvin Van Peebles ⓘ