Kevin Willmott
Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959)[1] is an Academy Award Winning American film director and screenwriter, and professor of film at the University of Kansas.[2] 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.
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Biography
Willmott grew up in Junction City, Kansas, and received a BA in Drama from Marymount College. He received a M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from New York University.[3] He has worked as a screenwriter and film director, known for work related to African-American history and contemporary issues. In 2017, Willmott taught classes in a bulletproof vest in protest of the ability of students and staff to carry concealed weapons on the campus.[2]
He won the Best Director award at the American Indian Film Festival for The Only Good Indian.[4] Willmott's next film, Jayhawkers, received funding through Kickstarter, a crowdsourcing website.[5]
In 2019, Wilmott won an Oscar for his work on BlacKkKlansman.[6] [7]
Filmography
Crew
Film
Year | Title | Crew position |
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1999 | Ninth Street | Director, writer, producer |
2004 | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | Director and writer |
2008 | Bunker Hill | Director, writer, and producer |
The Only Good Indian | Director and producer | |
2013 | Destination: Planet Negro | Director and writer |
Jayhawkers | Director, writer, and producer | |
2015 | Chi-Raq | Writer |
2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Writer |
2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Writer |
The 24th | Director and co-writer |
Television
Year | Title | Crew position |
---|---|---|
2000 | The '70s | Writer |
2005 | High Tech Lincoln | Producer |
Acting
Year | Title | Role |
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1999 | Ninth Street | Huddie |
2003 | The Fascist of X-Mart | Narrator |
The Search for Inflata-boy | Expert | |
2004 | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | Extra |
2009 | Next Caller | God (voice) |
2010 | AIR: The Musical | The Detective |
2013 | Destination Planet Negro | Dr. Warrington Avery |
Unit 12 | Bill Swaan | |
2014 | Jayhawkers | Dowdall Davis |
2015 | Lena Laine | Ryan |
2016 | From Ashes to Immortality | Dr. Frank Ryan |
2017 | The Profit | Doctor |
2019 | The Computer Lab | The Futurist (1 episode) |
2021 | Rainbow Boulevard | The Narrator (voice) |
The Funny Guy | Kevin Weston |
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-149180797.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dinsdale, Ryan. "Oscar winner, KU professor Kevin Willmott shares his love of activism, Kansas and teaching" (in en). https://www.kansan.com/arts_and_culture/oscar-winner-ku-professor-kevin-willmott-shares-his-love-of-activism-kansas-and-teaching/article_d4779ee8-9c53-11ea-874a-2b11d0b85121.html.
- ↑ [1] 6, 2006/https://web.archive.org/web/20060906232348/http://www2.ku.edu/~kuthf/willmott.html Archived September 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ [2] 28, 2010/https://web.archive.org/web/20100728062120/http://www.aifisf.com/aiff/2009/?fMenu=program&q=&fContent=program&id=85 Archived July 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ ""Jayhawkers" – Feature Film by Kevin Willmott". http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grantbabbitt/jayhawkers-feature-film.
- ↑ Bierman, Courtney & Josh McQuade. "KU's Kevin Willmott takes home Oscar for work on 'BlacKkKlansman'" (in en). https://www.kansan.com/arts_and_culture/kus-kevin-willmott-takes-home-oscar-for-work-on-blackkklansman/article_a3f0cff4-38ab-11e9-b30e-8fafc7c2873a.html.
- ↑ "After Oscar win, KU’s Kevin Willmott talks Trump tweet, his next film with Spike Lee". https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article226751684.html.
External links
- Kevin Willmott at IMDb1700px
- On Story – A Conversation with Kevin Willmott [3]
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