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Robert Maxwell (cinematographer)
Robert Maxwell (sometimes credited as Bob Maxwell) was an American cinematographer known for his work on B movies, pornography, and exploitation films of the 1960s and 1970s. His best-known credits include Melvin Van Peebles' '' Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song'' and ''Don't Play Us Cheap''. Selected filmography * '' Candy Stripers'' (1978) * '' Telefantasy'' (1978) * '' The Only Way to Spy'' (1978) * ''The Zebra Force'' (1976) * '' Mafia Girls'' (1975) * '' Paesano: A Voice in the Night'' (1975) * ''The Centerfold Girls'' (1974) * '' Tower of Love'' (1974) * ''Don't Play Us Cheap'' (1973) * ''The Severed Arm'' (1973) * ''The Candy Snatchers'' (1973) * ''House of Terror'' (1973) * '' Did Baby Shoot Her Sugardaddy?'' (1972) * ''Strangers'' (1972) * '' The Blue Hour'' (1971) * ''Point of Terror'' (1971) * ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'' (1971) * ''Wanderlove'' (1970) * '' Up Your Teddy Bear'' (1970) * ''Blood Mania'' (1970) * '' The Bang Bang Gang'' (1970) * '' The Zodiac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 2000s. His feature film debut, ''The Story of a Three-Day Pass'' (1967), was based on his own French-language novel ' and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time. The film won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival which gained him the interest of Hollywood studios, leading to his American feature debut '' Watermelon Man'', in 1970. Eschewing further overtures from Hollywood, he used the successes he had so far to bankroll his work as an independent filmmaker. In 1971, he released his best-known work, creating and starring in the film ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'', considered one of the earliest and best-regarded examples of the blaxploitation genre. He followed this up with the musical, '' Don't Play Us Cheap'', based on hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
