36 | Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Kemp Powers On Adaptation

Published: March 21, 2021, 9 a.m.

Kemp Powers is a playwright, screenwriter, and co-director, and this year, he's one of the most talked about writers in our business. Kemp has not one, but TWO highly talked-about films in the 2021\u2019s awards circuit, Pixar\u2019s Soul (which he co-wrote with Pete Docter and past guest Mike Jones, as well as co-directed) and One Night In Miami, which he adapted from his own play, AND which was just nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. As someone who has adapted a feature from previously existing work, AND written for one of our industry\u2019s most coveted IPs (Star Trek),\xa0Kemp\xa0is the perfect guest to discuss the art of ADAPTATION in screenwriting.