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Kevin Tent

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.

Et billede af Kevin Tent

Editing

1988

[ ] Not of This Earth (Editor)

1989

[ ] Moontrap (Editor)

1990

[ ] Basket Case 2 (Editor)
[ ] Frankenhooker (Editor)

1991

[ ] Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (Editor)
[ ] Guilty As Charged (Editor)

1992

[ ] Guncrazy (Editor)

1995

[ ] Homage (Editor)

1996

[ 7/10 ] Citizen Ruth (Editor)
[ ] One Good Turn (Editor)

1998

[ ] Since You've Been Gone (Editor)

1999

[ 5/10 ] Girl, Interrupted (Editor)
[ 6/10 ] Election (Editor)

2001

[ ] Blow (Editor)

2002

[ 7/10 ] About Schmidt (Editor)
[ ] Friday After Next (Additional Editor)

2004

[ 9/10 ] Sideways (Editor)
[ ] The Clearing (Editor)

2005

[ ] Monster-in-Law (Editor)

2006

[ ] RV (Editor)

2007

[ ] Mr. Woodcock (Editor)
[ ] The Golden Compass (Editor)

2009

[ ] The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (Editor)

2010

[ ] Shanghai (Editor)

2011

[ 6/10 ] The Descendants (Editor)
[ ] I Don't Know How She Does It (Editor)

2013

[ 7/10 ] Nebraska (Editor)
[ 8/10 ] Disconnect (Editor)

2015

[ ] Welcome to Me (Editor)
[ ] Parched (Editor)
[ ] The Audition (Editor)

2017

[ 6/10 ] Downsizing (Editor)

2019

[ ] Honey Boy (Editorial Consultant)
[ ] Otherhood (Editor)
[ ] The Peanut Butter Falcon (Editor)
[ ] Semper Fi (Editor)

2023

[ ] The Holdovers (Editor)

2024

[ ] Lonely Planet (Editor)

Directing

1989

[ ] Blackbelt II: Fatal Force (Director)

1990

[ ] Ultra Warrior (Director)

2017

[ ] Crash Pad (Director)

Production

2016

[ ] Elvis & Nixon (Executive Producer)

2017

[ ] Crash Pad (Executive Producer)

Actor

1990

[ ] Sorority House Massacre II (Newscaster)

2004

[ ] The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (Self)