Kim Henkel

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-01-19 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Virginia, USA

Also Known As Boris Schnurr, Kim David Henkel

Kim Henkel

Biography

Kim David Henkel (born January 19, 1946) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He is best known as the co-writer of Tobe Hooper's horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Henkel and Hooper co-wrote the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre screenplay. Henkel both wrote and directed a sequel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995). He also wrote and co-produced the Eagle Pennell classic Last Night at the Alamo (1983) as well as the adaptation of Hooper's Eaten Alive (1977). Henkel returned to the horror genre in 2012 with another tale of cannibals titled Butcher Boys (2012 film), which was co-directed by two of his former film students Duane Graves and Justin Meeks. Henkel had previously worked with the pair as a producer on their debut feature The Wild Man of the Navidad. Most recently, he produced the horror film Found Footage 3D, which was released on the horror streaming service Shudder in 2017. He has been a lecturer in screenwriting at Rice University.

Known For

Writer

2022
2017
Leatherface

as Characters

2013
Butcher Boys

as Writer

2013
Texas Chainsaw 3D

as Characters

2003
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

as Original Film Writer

1994
1980
The Unseen

as Writer

1976
Eaten Alive

as Adaptation

1976
Eaten Alive

as Writer

Producer

2022
2016
Found Footage 3D

as Producer

2013
Texas Chainsaw 3D

as Executive Producer

2010
Rizzoli & Isles

as Location Manager

2003
2002
1984
1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

as Associate Producer

Crew

2019

Editor