Kevin Tent

Personal Info

Known For Editor

Gender Male

Place of Birth Buffalo, New York, USA

Kevin Tent

Biography

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.

Known For

Editor

2024
Lonely Planet

as Editor

2023
The Holdovers

as Editor

2019
Honey Boy

as Editorial Consultant

2019
Otherhood

as Editor

2019
Semper Fi

as Editor

2017
Downsizing

as Editor

2015
Parched

as Editor

2015
The Audition

as Editor

2014
Welcome to Me

as Editor

2013
Nebraska

as Editor

2013
Disconnect

as Editor

2011
The Descendants

as Editor

2010
Shanghai

as Editor

2009
Hung

as Editor

2007
Mr. Woodcock

as Editor

2007
2006
RV

as Editor

2005
Monster-in-Law

as Editor

2004
Sideways

as Editor

2004
The Clearing

as Editor

2002
About Schmidt

as Editor

2002
Friday After Next

as Additional Editor

2001
Blow

as Editor

1999
1999
Election

as Editor

1996
Citizen Ruth

as Editor

1995
Homage

as Editor

1992
Guncrazy

as Editor

1991
1990
Basket Case 2

as Editor

1990
Frankenhooker

as Editor

1989
Moontrap

as Editor

1988

Director

2017
Crash Pad

as Director

1990
Ultra Warrior

as Director

Producer

2017
Crash Pad

as Executive Producer

2016
Elvis & Nixon

as Executive Producer