
Kevin Willmott
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-08-31 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Junction City, Kansas, USA
Kevin Willmott
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.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Chasing Chasing Amy
as Self
(2021)
(2013)
Destination: Planet Negro!
as Dr. Warrington Avery
(2003)
The Search for Inflata-boy
as Expert
(1999)
Ninth Street
as Huddie
Crew
Untitled Arthur Ashe Biopic
Screenplay
(2022)
No Place Like Home
Director
(2020)
Da 5 Bloods
Writer
(2020)
The 24th
Director, Writer, Producer
(2018)
BlacKkKlansman
Writer
(2018)
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas
Director, Writer
(2015)
Chi-Raq
Executive Producer, Writer
(2014)
Jayhawkers
Director, Writer
(2013)
Destination: Planet Negro!
Writer, Director, Producer
(2009)
The Only Good Indian
Director
(2008)
Bunker Hill
Director, Writer
(2005)
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
Director, Writer
(1999)
Ninth Street
Director, Writer, Producer