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Kemp Powers

Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn October 30, 1973 (52 years)
Kemp Powers 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). His screenplay for One Night in Miami... earned him a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination at the 93rd Academy Awards, while his work on Soul made him the first African-American to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar feature. Powers was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 96th Academy Awards.

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Known For

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Soul
  • One Night in Miami...
  • Star Trek: Discovery

Kemp Powers Filmography

2017

2020
One Night in Miami... · as Executive Producer

2021
The Oscars · as Self - Nominee
2021
2021 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner
2020
Inside Pixar (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
1987
Biography (TV Series) · as Self
1953
The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self

2020
One Night in Miami... · as Theatre Play
2020
Soul · as Co-Director
2020
Soul · as Story

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