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.[1] He is best known for his longstanding collaboration with Alexander Payne, having edited every feature film Payne has directed as of 2023.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5]

Early life

Tent's early life was spent near Buffalo, New York.[6] 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.[7] Tent has since gone on to edit many high-profile films.

Selected filmography

Year Film Director Other notes
1990 Frankenhooker Frank Henenlotter
Basket Case 2 Frank Henenlotter
1991 Guilty as Charged Sam Irvin
1996 Citizen Ruth Alexander Payne
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
2013 Nebraska Alexander Payne Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical
2013 Parched Leena Yadav
2017 Downsizing Alexander Payne
2019 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

See also

References

  1. ^ American Cinema Editors (ACE) Official Website
  2. ^ "'The Holdovers' Editor Kevin Tent Talks Being in the Cutting Room With Alexander Payne". A.frame. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. November 8, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "Kevin Tent - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Kevin Tent". IMDb. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  5. ^ McNary, Dave (October 21, 2015). "Domhnall Gleeson, Thomas Haden Church, Christina Applegate Starring in Rom-Com 'Crash Pad' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Leopold, Todd. "The CNN Profile: Invisible Oscar nominee makes the cut". cnn.com.
  7. ^ "Anne Coates and Kevin Tent on Editing Movies". Iofilm.co.uk. Retrieved March 5, 2012.

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