He is also the father of noted actor and director Mario Van Peebles, who directed and starred in the hit movie New Jack City. Melvin Van Peebles began writing about his experiences as a cable car ...

This piece inspired his feature screenwriting debut, New Jack City, directed by Mario Van Peebles. Released in 1991, New Jack City was a groundbreaking film. It combined gritty realism with a ...

Mario Van Peebles Mario Van Peebles ... I adapted, and adaptation played well into acting. You directed New Jack City. In 1991 it was a watershed film, as the first film in the New Black Realism ...

Image From left, Ice-T, Vanessa P. Williams, Wesley Snipes and Christopher Williams in “New Jack City.”Credit...Warner Bros. Directed by Mario Van Peebles, the film featured breakout ...

Cooper’s version of the script, co-written by Thomas Lee Wright, eventually evolved into the 1991 film “New Jack City,” directed by Mario Van Peebles. The film starred Van Peebles ...

Barry Michael Cooper revealed the surprising story behind Pookie’s casting in New Jack City – a tale ... After he did that scene, Mario [Van Peebles] and I applauded.” Beyond his comedic ...

Perhaps the most famous feature film he worked on was New Jack City, directed by Mario Van Peebles from a screenplay by Cooper and Thomas Lee Wright. In the film, Ice-T's detective character goes ...

Cooper made his feature screenwriting debut with Mario Van Peebles’ “New Jack City,” which he co-wrote with Thomas Lee Wright. The film starred Wesley Snipes and Ice-T as a gang leader and a ...