7.5
Movie
Writing
Kevin Willmott
- Born
- (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Junction City, Kansas, USA
- Credits
- 19 titles
Biography
Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. 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.
Wilmott is a professor of film at the University of Kansas.
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Signature work
Known For
7.5
Movie
6.4
Movie
Da 5 Bloods
5.7
Movie
Chi-Raq
5.8
Movie
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
6.1
Movie
The 24th
4.7
Movie
Destination: Planet Negro!
3.5
Movie
The Only Good Indian
1.0
Movie
No Place Like Home
Movie
Jayhawkers
Movie
One Eye Open
Movie
Bunker Hill
Movie
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas
Acting credits 8
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | One Eye Open Film | Detective Fowler |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black TV | Self (4 ep) |
| 2023 | Chasing Chasing Amy Film | Self |
| 2021 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking Film | Self |
| 2014 | Jayhawkers Film | Dowdall Davis |
| 2013 | Destination: Planet Negro! Film | Dr. Warrington Avery |
| 2003 | The Search for Inflata-boy Film | Expert |
| 1999 | Ninth Street Film | Huddie |
Crew credits 14
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Arthur Ashe Film | Screenplay |
| TBA | The Bard Film | Director, Writer |
| 2022 | No Place Like Home Film | Director |
| 2020 | The 24th Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods Film | Writer |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman Film | Writer |
| 2018 | William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas Film | Director, Writer |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq Film | Executive Producer, Writer |
| 2014 | Jayhawkers Film | Writer, Director |
| 2013 | Destination: Planet Negro! Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2009 | The Only Good Indian Film | Director |
| 2008 | Bunker Hill Film | Writer, Director |
| 2005 | C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America Film | Director, Writer |
| 1999 | Ninth Street Film | Director, Producer, Writer |