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Kevin Tent

American film editor and director

Kevin Tent is an American film editor and director. Tent has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors (ACE) and serves as President of the board. He is best known for his longstanding collaboration with Alexander Payne, having edited every feature film Payne has directed as of 2023. For his work on Payne's films, Tent has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Editing for his works in The Descendants and The Holdovers. Tent also won an ACE Eddie award for first film and received three other ACE Eddie Award nominations for Election, Sideways and About Schmidt. In addition to his career in editing, Tent also co-directed two films, Ultra Warrior (1990) and Blackbelt II (1993), and directed the 2017 film Crash Pad.

01Early life

Tent's early life was spent near Buffalo, New York. He began his career editing educational films, then moved into the world of low-budget horror films, working on several projects with legendary producer Roger Corman. Tent has since gone on to edit many high-profile films.

02Selected filmography

Year Film Director Other notes
1988 Not of This Earth Jim Wynorski
1989 Moontrap Robert Dyke
1990 Basket Case 2 Frank Henenlotter
Frankenhooker
Hollywood Boulevard II Steve Barnett
1991 Guilty as Charged Sam Irvin
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever Deborah Brock
1992 Ultraviolet Mark Griffiths
Guncrazy Tamra Davis
1993 Slaughter of the Innocents James Glickenhaus
1995 Homage Ross Kagan Marks
1996 Citizen Ruth Alexander Payne
One Good Turn Tony Randel
1999 Election Alexander Payne Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film, Comedy or Musical
Girl, Interrupted James Mangold
2001 Blow Ted Demme
2002 About Schmidt Alexander Payne Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film, Dramatic
2004 The Clearing Pieter Jan Brugge
Sideways Alexander Payne Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film, Comedy or Musical
2005 Monster-in-Law Robert Luketic
2006 RV Barry Sonnenfeld
2007 Mr. Woodcock Craig Gillespie
The Golden Compass Chris Weitz
2009 Hung Alexander Payne Pilot episode
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Neal Brennan
2010 Shanghai Mikael Håfström
2011 The Descendants Alexander Payne American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film, Dramatic
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing
2012 Disconnect Henry-Alex Rubin
2013 Nebraska Alexander Payne Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film, Comedy or Musical
2014 Welcome to Me Shira Piven
2015 Parched Leena Yadav
2017 Downsizing Alexander Payne
2019 The Peanut Butter Falcon
  • Tyler Nilson
  • Michael Schwartz
Otherhood Cindy Chupack
Semper Fi Henry-Alex Rubin
2023 The Holdovers Alexander Payne American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film, Comedy or Musical
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing
2024 Lonely Planet Susannah Grant
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