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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).
Dec 3, 2020 · 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.
Kemp Powers is a director of Sony Pictures Animation's "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse." Alongside his fellow directors, Joaquim Dos Santos and Justin K. Thompson, the trio helmed the highly-anticipated sequel to "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," which received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature in 2019.
May 31, 2023 · Kemp Powers, Justin Thompson, & Joaquim Dos Santos break down the work that went into Across the Spider-Verse, Easter eggs, new characters & more.
Kemp Powers shares his creative journey of co-writing and co-directing Soul, Pixar's first film with a Black protagonist. He reveals how he brought his own passion and authenticity to the project, and how he fought for the barbershop scene that nearly got cut.
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.
Nov 19, 2020 · "Soul" co-directors Pete Docter and Kemp Powers explain the process of centering an animated fantasy around an authentically Black character.
