Kevin Willmott
Age: N/A | From: Junction City, Kansas, USA
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Junction City, Kansas, USA
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Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
BlacKkKlansman
(2018) Writer
Da 5 Bloods
(2020) Writer
Chi-Raq
(2015) Writer
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
(2005) Writer
The 24th
(2020) Writer
Jayhawkers
(2014) Writer
Ninth Street
(1999) Writer
The Only Good Indian
(2009) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2023 | Self | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| 2013 | Dr. Warrington Avery | |
| 2003 | Expert | |
| 1999 | Huddie | |
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Directing
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| 2020 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2009 | Director | |
| 2008 | Director | |
| 2005 | Director | |
| 1999 | Director | |
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Production
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| 2020 | Producer | |
| 2015 | Executive Producer | |
| 2013 | Producer | |
| 1999 | Producer | |
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Writing
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| 1999 | Writer | |
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