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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).
- October 30, 1973 (age 49), Brooklyn, New York
- 2012–present
- American
- Howard University
Kemp Powers is an award-winning filmmaker who wrote and co-directed Soul (2020) and One Night in Miami (2020), and directed Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Learn more about his biography, credits, videos, photos, and trivia on IMDb.
- Writer, Director, Producer
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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...
- Michael Cavna
Kemp 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.
Jun 20, 2023 · Listen to Kemp Powers, the writer and codirector of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, talk about his career and projects. He shares his experience as the first Black codirector of a Disney feature with Soul and the stage and film adaptations of One Night in Miami.
Kemp's upcoming stage play, "The XIXth" (The Nineteenth) premieres at The Old Globe in San Diego, March 2023. Prior to his work in stage, television and film, Powers was a journalist for 17 years. Kemp Powers is a director of Sony Pictures Animation's "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
Mar 1, 2021 · Kemp Powers, co-director and co-writer of Pixar's 'Soul', is the first Black debut filmmaker to win an animated feature Golden Globe. The film, which debuted on Disney Plus, has also won the most critics' awards and is shortlisted for best visual effects.
