American film director, screenwriter, and academic
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Kevin Willmott
Born
(1959-08-31) August 31, 1959 (age 64)
Junction City, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater
Marymount College (B.A.) New York University (MFA)
Occupation(s)
Film director and writer college film professor
Employer
University of Kansas
Awards
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959)[1] 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.[2]
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^Dinsdale, Ryan (June 9, 2020). "Oscar winner, KU professor Kevin Willmott shares his love of activism, Kansas and teaching". The University Daily Kansan. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
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