Kemp Powers
Director · b. 1973 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kemp Powers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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MovieDocumentaryWriting, pre-production and the challenges of crafting a sequel to a game-changing film, as told by the filmmakers who worked so hard to push Across the Spider-Verse several steps farther without losing the magic of the first entry in the series.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Obscure Spiders and Easter Eggs
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TV7.1An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
The Oscars
1953 · 85 votes