Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-08-31 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Junction City, Kansas, USA
Kevin Willmott
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.
Known For
Acting
2023
2013
2003
1999
Directing
2022
2020
2018
2014
2013
2009
2008
2005
1999
Writing
2020
2018
2015
2014
2013
2008
2005
1999
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Production
2020
2015
2013
1999