Kemp Powers

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-10-30 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Kemp Powers

Biography

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). 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 Disney animated feature.

Production

2020

One Night in Miami...

as Theatre Play

2020

Soul

as Co-Director

2020

2020

One Night in Miami...

as Executive Producer

2020

Soul

as Story

2020

Soul

as Screenplay

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Lunik Heist

as Director

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Lunik Heist

as Writer

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