Kevin Willmott
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.
Known For | Writing |
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Most Rating | 1.428 |
Birthday | 1959-08-31 |
Place of Birth | Junction City, Kansas, USA |
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2023
Chasing Chasing Amy
10/4
CHASING CHASING AMY explores the transformational impact of a ‘90s rom-com on a 12 year old kid from Kansas, coming of age and contending with queer i...
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Chasing Chasing Amy
2013
Destination: Planet Negro!
6.5/2
In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely response to Jim Crow America -- leave the planet and populat...
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Destination: Planet Negro!
1999
Ninth Street
0/0
The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of their...
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Ninth Street
2003
The Search for Inflata-boy
0/0
A mockumentary about the search for a mysterious creature known as Inflata-boy.
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The Search for Inflata-boy
2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
5.5/3
A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.
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