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Kim Henkel

Screenwriter / Film Producer / Film Director / Actor | * 01/19/1946 (78) | Virginia (United States of America (USA))
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. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Thriller | Comedies

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Movies with Kim Henkel as Actor(5)

TV Shows/Series with Kim Henkel as Actor(1)

Movies with Kim Henkel as Crew(25)

Production/Producer2022 Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Writing/Characters2022 Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Writing/Characters2017 Leatherface
Production/Producer2016 Found Footage 3D
Writing/Writer2013 Butcher Boys
Production/Executive Producer2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D
Writing/Characters2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D
Production/Co-Producer2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Writing/Original Film Writer2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Writing/Writer1994 Doc's Full Service
Editing/Editor1984 Last Night at the Alamo
Production/Producer1984 Last Night at the Alamo
Writing/Writer1984 Last Night at the Alamo
Writing/Writer1980 The Unseen
Writing/Adaptation1976 Eaten Alive
Writing/Writer1976 Eaten Alive
Production/Associate Producer1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Writing/Screenplay1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

TV Shows/Series with Kim Henkel as Crew(1)

Production/Location Manager2010 Rizzoli & Isles

Full Name: Kim Henkel
Born: Saturday, 01/19 1946 (January) in Virginia (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 78 years + 70 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Kim Henkel (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Boris Schnurr"
"Kim David Henkel"
Kim Henkel frequently works together with these people:
Tobe Hooper (22x, Crew)
Wayne Bell (8x, Crew)
Janet Tamaro (6x, Crew)
Marilyn Burns (6x, Actress)
Eagle Pennell (6x, Crew)
John Larroquette (4x, Actor)
Paul A. Partain (4x, Actor)
Allen Danziger (4x, Actor)
John Dugan (4x, Actor)
Michael M. Robin (4x, Crew)
Brian Huberman (4x, Crew)
Andy Cockrum (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:318924, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024