Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the early 2020s. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at th…
Artist details
- Type
- Person
- Area
- United States
- Born
- August 21st, 1932
- Died
- September 22nd, 2021
- Labels
- Atlantic