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Kevin Willmott (born August 31, 1959) 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.
Kevin Willmott. Writer: BlacKkKlansman. Kevin Willmott wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature film C.S.A: Confederate States Of America, about America, had the South won the Civil War.
Kevin Willmott grew up in Junction City, Kansas and received his BA in Drama from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas. After graduation, he returned home and worked as a peace and civil rights activist, fighting for the rights of the poor, creating two Catholic Worker shelters for the homeless, and forcing the integration of several long ...
Kevin Willmott. Writer: BlacKkKlansman. Kevin Willmott wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature film C.S.A: Confederate States Of America, about America, had the South won the Civil War.
Jun 18, 2024 · The Heroic True-Life Adventures of Alvin Brooks, the latest film written, produced, and directed by Kevin Willmott, will premiere at the Screenland Armour Theatre on June 19 for Kansas City’s second annual Juneteenth Film Festival.
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.
Nov 8, 2019 · Biography. Filmmaker and screenwriter Kevin Willmott was born on August 31, 1958 in Junction City, Kansas. After he attended Junction City High School and St. Xavier Catholic High School, Willmott received his B.A. degree in drama from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas in 1981.
Kevin Willmott, professor of film & media studies, speaking at an event at KU in 2021. Credit: KU Marketing. Willmott said he first got to know Brooks 20 years ago while filming “From Separate to Equal: The Creation of Truman Medical Centers,” about the racial history of Kansas City’s public hospital.
Feb 25, 2019 · LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas professor Kevin Willmott is an Oscar winner. Willmott won the award for best adapted screenplay Sunday night for his contribution to the film “BlacKkKlansman.” He and two other writers co-wrote the film with Spike Lee.
Kevin Willmott has been a frequent visitor to Spalding University’s School of Writing over the past decade. We invited him first to talk about his Sundance Film Festival film C.S.A.: Confederate States of America, a satire that imagines life in contemporary America if the South had won the Civil War.
