---
name: "Kevin Willmott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-willmott"
fi1m_id: "kevin-willmott"
imdb_id: "nm0932551"
tmdb_id: 91585
wikidata_id: "Q6397775"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "31 August 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T20:01:02.218579+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kevin Willmott

## Identity

Kevin Willmott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-willmott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-willmott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0932551
- **TMDB ID:** 91585
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6397775
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Willmott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6397775, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91585

Writer. Born 31 August 1959 in Junction City, Kansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 31 August 1959, Junction City, Kansas, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Spike Lee](https://film.one/person/spike-lee.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Willmott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6397775, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91585

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Da 5 Bloods*](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kevin Willmott is an American screenwriter, director and film professor. He grew up in Junction City, Kansas, and holds a BA in Drama from Marymount College and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University.

Willmott is known for films including *C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America* (2005), which he wrote and directed, *Chi-Raq* (2015), *BlacKkKlansman* (2018) and *Da 5 Bloods* (2020). He has frequently collaborated with Spike Lee. In 2019 he shared the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for *BlacKkKlansman*. He is a professor of film at the University of Kansas.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, kansan.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *No Place Like Home* (2022), Director
- *The 24th* (2020), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *BlacKkKlansman* (2018), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blackkklansman.md)
- *William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Chi-Raq* (2015), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Jayhawkers* (2014), as Dowdall Davis · Director, Writer
- *Destination: Planet Negro!* (2013), as Dr. Warrington Avery · Writer, Director, Producer
- *The Only Good Indian* (2009), Director
- *Bunker Hill* (2008), Director, Writer
- *C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America* (2005), Director, Writer
- *The Search for Inflata-boy* (2003), as Expert
- *Ninth Street* (1999), as Huddie · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Arthur Ashe*, Screenplay
- *The Bard*, Director, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2019: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *BlacKkKlansman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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