Kevin Willmott
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Kevin Willmott | |
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Born | Junction City, Kansas, U.S. | August 31, 1959
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)
Wilmott is a professor of film at the University of Kansas.[2]
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, Willmott won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film BlacKkKlansman.[6][7]
Personal life
Willmott is
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 | |
2020 | William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas? | Director and writer |
Television
Year | Title | Crew position |
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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". Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b 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.
- ^ [1] Archived September 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived July 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""Jayhawkers" – Feature Film by Kevin Willmott". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ^ Bierman, Courtney & Josh McQuade (February 24, 2019). "KU's Kevin Willmott takes home Oscar for work on 'BlacKkKlansman'". The University Daily Kansan. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ "After Oscar win, KU's Kevin Willmott talks Trump tweet, his next film with Spike Lee". The Kansas City Star.
- JSTOR 2903256.
External links
- Kevin Willmott at IMDb
- On Story – A Conversation with Kevin Willmott [3]