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 . 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 and Blackbelt II (1993), and directed the 2017 film Crash Pad.

Early life

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

Selected filmography Year Film Director Other notes 1988 Not of This Earth Jim Wynorski 1989 Moontrap Robert Dyke 1990 Basket Case 2 Frank Henenlotter Frankenhooker Hollywood Boulevard II Steve Barnett 1991 Guilty as Charged Sam Irvin Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever Deborah Brock 1992 Ultraviolet Mark Griffiths Guncrazy Tamra Davis 1993 Slaughter of the Innocents James Glickenhaus 1995 Homage Ross Kagan Marks 1996 Citizen Ruth Alexander Payne One Good Turn Tony Randel 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 2012 Disconnect Henry-Alex Rubin 2013 Nebraska Alexander Payne Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical 2014 Welcome to Me Shira Piven 2015 Parched Leena Yadav 2017 Downsizing Alexander Payne 2019 The Peanut Butter Falcon Otherhood Cindy Chupack 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 2024 Lonely Planet Susannah Grant