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 nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards, and his work on Soul made him the first African American to co-direct a feature film for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar. Powers was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 96th Academy Awards.

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