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Kevin Willmott

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 08/31/1959 (64) | Junction City (United States of America (USA))
Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an Academy Award Winning American film director and screenwriter He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. His The Only Good Indian (2009) was a feature film about Native American children at an Indian boarding school and the forced assimilation that took place. In Jayhawkers (2014), he followed the life of Wilt Chamberlain, Phog Allen and the 1956 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team. Willmott has collaborated with Spike Lee, with whom he shared an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman. The two again collaborated in writing Da 5 Bloods... ()
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Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an American film director and screenwriter, and professor of film at the University of Kansas. He is known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, and Bunker Hill. His The Only Good Indian (2009) was a feature film about Native American children at an Indian boarding school and the forced assimilation that took place. In Jayhawkers (2014), he followed the life of Wilt Chamberlain, Phog Allen and the 1956 Kansas Jayhawks basketball team. Willmott has collaborated with Spike Lee, with whom he shared an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman. The two again collaborated in writing Da 5 Bloods, released worldwide digitally on June 12, 2020.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | History

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Movies with Kevin Willmott as Actor(6)

as himself2023 Chasing Chasing Amy
as The Narrator2021 Rainbow Boulevard
as Dr. Warrington Avery2013 Destination: Planet Negro!
as Huddie1999 Ninth Street

Movies with Kevin Willmott as Crew(22)

Writing/Writer2020 Da 5 Bloods
Directing/Director2020 The 24th
Production/Producer2020 The 24th
Writing/Writer2020 The 24th
Writing/Screenplay2018 BlacKkKlansman
Production/Executive Producer2015 Chi-Raq
Writing/Writer2015 Chi-Raq
Directing/Director2014 Jayhawkers
Writing/Writer2014 Jayhawkers
Directing/Director2013 Destination: Planet Negro!
Production/Producer2013 Destination: Planet Negro!
Writing/Writer2013 Destination: Planet Negro!
Directing/Director2009 The Only Good Indian
Directing/Director2008 Bunker Hill
Writing/Writer2008 Bunker Hill
Directing/Director1999 Ninth Street
Production/Producer1999 Ninth Street
Writing/Writer1999 Ninth Street

Full Name: Kevin Willmott
Born: Monday, 08/31 1959 (August) in Junction City (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 64 years + 210 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Educated at: New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Employer: University of Kansas
Kevin Willmott frequently works together with these people:
Spike Lee (10x, Crew)
Savannah Rodgers (6x, Crew)
Trai Byers (5x, Actor)
Philip Stockton (5x, Crew)
Tom Carmody (4x, Crew)
Anthony Pedone (4x, Crew)
Paul Hsu (3x, Crew)
Laura Kirk (3x, Actress)
Kim Coleman (3x, Crew)
Francesco Zippel (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:946915, Added: 11/22/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024