People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Chasing Chasing Amy as Self | 2023-06-08 |
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking as Self | 2021-07-10 |
Destination: Planet Negro! as Dr. Warrington Avery | 2013-02-16 |
The Search for Inflata-boy as Expert | 2003-01-01 |
Ninth Street as Huddie | 1999-01-10 |