Kevin Willmott
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| Kevin Willmott | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
| Occupation | Film producer, film director, screenwriter, actor |
Kevin Willmott (born 1959)[1] is a professor of film at the University of Kansas and a film writer and director, known for work focusing on black issues including writing and directing Ninth Street, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America and Bunker Hill.
Life and career
Wilmott grew up Junction City, Kansas and received a BA in Drama from Marymount College (Kansas). He received a M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.[2] He won the Best Director award at the American Indian Film Festival with The Only Good Indian.[3] Willmott's next film, Jayhawkers, received funding through Kickstarter.com, a crowdsourcing website.[4]
Filmography
- Film
- Ninth Street (1999) - director, writer, producer, actor
- Das Bus (2003) - self
- The Search for Inflata-boy (2003) - actor
- The Fascist of X-Mart (2003) - actor
- C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004) - director, writer
- Waiting for the Son (2007) - actor
- Bunker Hill (2008) - director, writer, producer
- The Only Good Indian (2008) - director, producer
- Destination: Planet Negro (2013) - director, writer
- Jayhawkers (2013) - director, writer, producer
- Chi-Raq (2015) - writer
- Television
- The '70s (2000) - writer
- High Tech Lincoln (2005) - producer
References
External links
Categories:
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- American academics
- 1959 births
- People from Geary County, Kansas
- Living people
- American film directors
- University of Kansas faculty
- Tisch School of the Arts alumni
- Place of birth missing (living people)
