Director
Kemp Powers
Born 30 October 1973 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Kemp Powers (born 1973, Brooklyn) is an American playwright, screenwriter and director. He wrote the play and screenplay of One Night in Miami and co-directed Pixar's Soul. He also co-directed Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and was the first African-American co-director of a Pixar feature.
Key films
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Powers co-directed this acclaimed animated sequel, which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.
Soul, Improvised (2021)
A companion piece to Pixar's Soul, which Powers co-directed and co-wrote.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie (2023)
Behind-the-scenes feature in which Powers discusses making the film he co-directed.
Key awards
No major wins are documented here, but he was Oscar-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (One Night in Miami, 2021) and for Best Animated Feature (Across the Spider-Verse, 2024).
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 7
- 2021Soul, ImprovisedActor
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseDirector
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Across the Worlds: Designing New Dimensions · as SelfActor
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: "I'mma Do My Own Thing" - Interdimensional Destiny · as SelfActor
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Cast · as SelfActor
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Obscure Spiders and Easter Eggs · as SelfActor
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie · as SelfActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.