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Born:
1959-08-31
Birthplace:
Junction City, Kansas, USA
Credits:
6 Total Roles
Kevin Willmott
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Biography
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, released worldwide digitally on June 12, 2020.
Wilmott is a professor of film at the University of Kansas.
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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.
Wilmott is a professor of film at the University of Kansas.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Willmott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Chasing Chasing Amy
Self
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
Destination: Planet Negro!
Dr. Warrington Avery
Ninth Street
Huddie
The Search for Inflata-boy
Expert
Hollywood Black
Self
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hollywood Black TV | Self |
| 2023 | Chasing Chasing Amy MOVIE | Self |
| 2021 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking MOVIE | Self |
| 2013 | Destination: Planet Negro! MOVIE | Dr. Warrington Avery |
| 2003 | The Search for Inflata-boy MOVIE | Expert |
| 1999 | Ninth Street MOVIE | Huddie |