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Dec 21, 2020 · At the time of that first Pixar meeting, Powers was a 45-year-old Brooklyn-born writer and musician (he has a son named Mingus, after the jazz great, as well as a daughter, Mackenzie).
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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 MiamiDuring their talks, Powers’s 12-week “Soul” contract morphed into more than a year of five-day weeks at Pixar, and weekend trips to Los Angeles to see his teenage son, Mingus.
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.
Powers said the existential themes of “Soul,” literally life and death, have not gone over the heads of children, nor are they frightened by it. “They are watching it multiple times,” he said.
Jan 29, 2021 · January 29, 2021 9:55am. Courtesy of Pixar. On Pixar ’s latest Oscar-contending feature Soul, writer/director Pete Docter grappled with worlds both real and imaginary, looking to bring each to ...
Nov 19, 2020 · The Disney subsidiary’s 23rd feature film, and first with a Black lead, was directed by the studio’s chief creative officer Pete Docter and co-directed by playwright Kemp Powers. Advertisement
