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Dec 21, 2020 · December 21, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EST. Kemp Powers is the co-director of Pixar's upcoming movie “Soul.” (Nolwen Cifuentes for The Washington Post) The geniuses at Pixar had a problem, and this ...
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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.
Why ‘Soul’ Writer Kemp Powers Was ‘The Right Person at the Right Time’ to Create Pixar’s 1st Black Lead. Wrap Magazine. TheWrap magazine: “I didn’t want him to seem like a stereotypical...
Kemp Powers is Pixar’s first Black director. Kemp Powers, the history-making screenwriter behind two of 2020’s most celebrated films, is his own competition. “One Night in Miami,” a dramatization of the real-life gathering of four Black icons – Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown at the Hampton House in 1964 – was ...
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 ...
Feb 1, 2021 · Kemp Powers has two extraordinary films in awards contention this year — he co-directed and co-wrote Disney/Pixar’s Soul and Amazon’s One Night in Miami, which Powers adapted from his stage play of the same name. At the center of both films are timeless lessons about rising to meet the challenge whenever humanity demands progress.
