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Kevin Tent

Overview

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

Acting
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Actor Self 60
Fair
1990 Sorority House Massacre II Actor Newscaster 58
Average

Directing
2017 Crash Pad Directing Director 58
Average
1990 Ultra Warrior Directing Director 58
Average
1989 Blackbelt II: Fatal Force Directing Director 59
Average

Production
2017 Crash Pad Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2016 Elvis & Nixon Production Executive Producer 59
Average

Editing
2024 Lonely Planet Editing Editor 59
Average
2023 The Holdovers Editing Editor 72
Good
2019 Semper Fi Editing Editor 59
Average
2019 Honey Boy Editing Editorial Consultant 65
Fair
2019 Otherhood Editing Editor 60
Fair
2019 The Peanut Butter Falcon Editing Editor 69
Fair
2017 Downsizing Editing Editor 54
Average
2015 Parched Editing Editor 61
Fair
2015 The Audition Editing Editor 59
Average
2014 Welcome to Me Editing Editor 58
Average
2013 Nebraska Editing Editor 70
Good
2013 Disconnect Editing Editor 66
Fair
2011 I Don't Know How She Does It Editing Editor 55
Average
2011 The Descendants Editing Editor 66
Fair
2010 Shanghai Editing Editor 59
Average
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Editing Editor 57
Average
2007 The Golden Compass Editing Editor 60
Fair
2007 Mr. Woodcock Editing Editor 55
Average
2006 RV Editing Editor 58
Average
2005 Monster-in-Law Editing Editor 61
Fair
2004 Sideways Editing Editor 68
Fair
2004 The Clearing Editing Editor 58
Average
2002 About Schmidt Editing Editor 65
Fair
2002 Friday After Next Editing Additional Editor 60
Fair
2001 Blow Editing Editor 72
Good
1999 Girl, Interrupted Editing Editor 74
Good
1999 Election Editing Editor 65
Fair
1998 Since You've Been Gone Editing Editor 58
Average
1996 Citizen Ruth Editing Editor 60
Fair
1995 Homage Editing Editor 58
Average
1992 Guncrazy Editing Editor 58
Average
1991 Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever Editing Editor 58
Average
1991 Guilty As Charged Editing Editor 58
Average
1990 Frankenhooker Editing Editor 59
Average
1990 Basket Case 2 Editing Editor 58
Average
1989 Moontrap Editing Editor 57
Average
1988 Not of This Earth Editing Editor 57
Average