Oscar-winning FMS Prof. Willmott offers insight on writers' strike
LAWRENCE, KS — Early Tuesday morning, the Writers Guild of America announced that its members are now on strike, bringing much of the American film and television industry to a halt.
The strike pits guild members against The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, with compensation for writers as the sticking point.
KSHB 41 reached out to Professor Kevin Willmott, who teaches in the Film and Media Studies department at the University of Kansas. Willmott also won an Academy Award in 2019 for Best Adapted Screenplay on the film "BlacKkKlansman."
Wilmott worked on the movie alongside Hollywood mega-director Spike Lee and the cast included John David Washington, Adam Driver, Alec Baldwin and Ryan Eggold.