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Kemp Powers

1973-10-30 (51 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

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Soul, Improvised
60 %|Mar 23, 2021
Documentary

Series

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The Oscars
70 %|Mar 19, 1953