Kevin Willmott

Kevin Willmott

  • Birthday: 1959-08-31
  • Place of birth: Junction City, Kansas, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

Production

Bunker Hill

2008

As Writer

Ninth Street

1999

As Director

Ninth Street

1999

As Writer

Bunker Hill

2008

As Director

Jayhawkers

2014

As Writer

Chi-Raq

2015

As Writer

Ninth Street

1999

As Producer

The Only Good Indian

2009

As Director

Jayhawkers

2014

As Director

The 24th

2020

As Writer

The 24th

2020

As Director

Untitled Arthur Ashe Biopic

0000

As Screenplay

The 24th

2020

As Producer

Da 5 Bloods

2020

As Writer

Chi-Raq

2015

As Executive Producer

No Place Like Home

2022

As Director

BlacKkKlansman

2018

As Writer

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