Kevin Willmott

Kevin Willmott

Junction City, Kansas, USA
Director Writer

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

Filmography

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The Heroic True-Life Adventures of Alvin Brooks
2024 Director Writer
Chasing Chasing Amy
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★ 7.3
Chasing Chasing Amy
2023 Self
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★ 5.9
No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas
2022 Director Writer
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
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★ 7.2
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021 Self
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Rainbow Boulevard
2021 Actor
The Narrator
Da 5 Bloods
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★ 6.5
Da 5 Bloods
2020 Writer
The 24th
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★ 6.5
The 24th
2020 Director Writer
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The Noble Narrative
2019 Director
BlacKkKlansman
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★ 7.5
BlacKkKlansman
2018 Writer
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas
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★ 3.4
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas
2018 Director Writer
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★ 2.6
The Profit
2017 Actor Director Writer
Doctor
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Fast Break: The Legendary John McLendon
2017 Director Writer
Chi-Raq
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★ 5.9
Chi-Raq
2016 Writer
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★ 3.0
Gordon Parks Elementary
2016 Director Writer
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★ 4.2
From Ashes to Immortality
2016 Actor
Dr. Frank Ryan
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Lena Laine
2015 Actor
Ryan
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The Forgotten Bow Tie
2015 Actor
John Spearman
Jayhawkers
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★ 6.9
Jayhawkers
2014 Director Writer
Destination Planet Negro
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★ 6.3
Destination Planet Negro
2013 Actor Director Writer
Dr. Warrington Avery
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Unit 12
2013 Actor
Bill Swaan
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The Gridiron
2010 Self
The Only Good Indian
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★ 6.6
The Only Good Indian
2009 Director
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★ 7.0
Next Caller
2009 Actor
God
The Battle for Bunker Hill
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★ 4.5
The Battle for Bunker Hill
2008 Director Writer
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'C.S.A.' Roundtable
2006 Self
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
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★ 6.4
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
2004 Director Writer
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★ 6.2
The Fascist of X-Mart
2003 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.4
The Search for Inflata-boy
2003 Actor
Expert
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★ 3.0
The Really Young & the Very Restless
2001 Director
The '70s
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★ 6.2
The '70s
2000 Writer
Ninth Street
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★ 6.8
Ninth Street
1999 Actor Director Writer
Huddie
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Arthur Ashe
Writer
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Hip Hop Cop
Writer
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The Bard
Director Writer
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One Eye Open
Actor
Detective Fowler
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A Love Supreme
Director Writer
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8 Fights
Writer
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High Five
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