About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1959-08-31
Place of birth:
Junction City, Kansas, USA
Website:
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Kevin Willmott

Overview

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

Acting
2023 Chasing Chasing Amy Actor Self 59
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2021 Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking Actor Self 58
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2013 Destination: Planet Negro! Actor Dr. Warrington Avery 59
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2003 The Search for Inflata-boy Actor Expert N/A
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1999 Ninth Street Actor Huddie N/A
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Directing
2022 No Place Like Home Directing Director 58
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2020 The 24th Directing Director 58
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2018 William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas Directing Director N/A
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2014 Jayhawkers Directing Director N/A
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2013 Destination: Planet Negro! Directing Director 59
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2009 The Only Good Indian Directing Director 58
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2008 Bunker Hill Directing Director N/A
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2005 C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America Directing Director 58
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1999 Ninth Street Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2020 The 24th Writing Writer 58
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2020 Da 5 Bloods Writing Writer 62
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2018 BlacKkKlansman Writing Writer 73
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2018 William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas Writing Writer N/A
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2015 Chi-Raq Writing Writer 58
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2014 Jayhawkers Writing Writer N/A
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2013 Destination: Planet Negro! Writing Writer 59
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2008 Bunker Hill Writing Writer N/A
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2005 C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America Writing Writer 58
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1999 Ninth Street Writing Writer N/A
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Untitled Arthur Ashe Biopic Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2020 The 24th Production Producer 58
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2015 Chi-Raq Production Executive Producer 58
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2013 Destination: Planet Negro! Production Producer 59
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1999 Ninth Street Production Producer N/A
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