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Dec 21, 2020 · By Michael Cavna. 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 ...
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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.
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 ...
Dec 11, 2020 · Published on December 11, 2020. Pixar's new movie Soul is about music — jazz, specifically. But anyone who's ever played an instrument can surely relate to what protagonist Joe Gardner ( Jamie...
Mar 1, 2021 · Home. Awards. News. Feb 28, 2021 5:29pm PT. ‘Soul’ Co-Director Kemp Powers Becomes First Debut Black Filmmaker to Win Animated Feature Golden Globe. By Clayton Davis. PIXAR. Kemp Powers,...
Feb 28, 2021 · Kemp Powers, co-director of Pixar’s “Soul,” is the first Black debut filmmaker to win a Golden Globe in its 78-year-history.
