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Melvin Van Peebles
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score), Executive Producer, Actor, Book Author, Editor Born: August 21, 1932 in Chicago, IL Biography:The son of a black Chicago tailor, "Melvin Van Peebles" attended West Virginia State College, then earned a BA from Ohio Wesleyan. Van Peebles served three years in the Air Force as a navigator/bombardier. Out of uniform, Van Peebles pursued a painting career, made a handful of amateur films, and held down jobs as a postal worker and San Francisco cable-car grip. Refusing ever to allow grass to grow under his feet, he spent some time in Mexico, attended graduate school in Holland and picked up spare change (and a few overnight jail terms) as an unlicensed street entertainer in Paris. Still a relatively young man, he remained in Paris to write five novels (all in English, because he never bothered to learn any French); one of these was "La Permission," the story of a star-crossed interracial romance. On the strength of his book, Van Peebles became eligible for admission to the French Cinema Center as a... Full Biography
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