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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).
- Michael Cavna
During 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.
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 MiamiFeb 17, 2021 · Powers also wrote and co-directed Pixar’s “Soul,” the story of a middle school band teacher tasked with mentoring an unborn soul in order to get a second chance at life after falling to his death on his way from getting a dream gig as a jazz musician. He is the first Black director in Pixar history.
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 ...
Feb 26, 2018 · Search (mingus) Powers family obituaries and memoriams on Legacy.com. There are 1 obituaries and memoriams for the surname (mingus) Powers.
Feb 25, 2018 · Patricia Ann (Mingus) Powers, 81, passed away on Sunday, February 25, surrounded by her children. The daughter of Harland and Charlotte (Myers) Mingus, she was born on October 26, 1936, and grew up in Delta Mills, graduating from Grand Ledge High School.
