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Dec 21, 2020 · Kemp Powers’s long journey to becoming Pixar’s first Black writer-director. Kemp Powers is the co-director of Pixar's upcoming movie “Soul.” (Nolwen Cifuentes for The Washington Post) The...
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Kemp Powers (born October 30, 1973) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his play One Night in Miami and the 2020 film adaptation of the same name , as well as for co-directing the animated films Soul (2020) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
AwardDate Of CeremonyCategoryFilmOne Night in MiamiSpider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseApril 7, 2021Best ScreenplayOne Night in MiamiJanuary 4, 2021Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayOne Night in MiamiKemp Powers is the co-director of “Soul” and screenwriter of “One Night in Miami,” but his collaborators may not know just how much of himself is in those films.
Oct 9, 2020 · Pixar's latest animated feature Soul comes to Disney+ on December 25. We talked with Kemp Powers, Pete Doctor, and more to find out how the jazz tale realizes music and the afterlife.
Mar 1, 2021 · PIXAR. Kemp Powers, co-director of Pixar’s “ Soul ,” is the first Black debut filmmaker to win a Golden Globe in its 78-year-history. In addition to his historic feat, he is also the second ...
Dec 11, 2020 · A former music writer who played the alto saxophone in a jazz band during high school and named his son after legendary jazz musician Charles Mingus, Powers' personal affinity for jazz feeds...
Dec 1, 2020 · Like Joe, Powers is an African-American from New York in his mid-40s, and he’s such a jazz fan he even named his son after Charles Mingus. (Powers was also a journalist and music critic for many years before becoming a screenwriter.)
