Kevin Tent
Editing
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.
Filmography (43)
Lonely Planet
2024
The Holdovers
2023
Semper Fi
2019
Honey Boy
2019
Otherhood
2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon
2019
Downsizing
2017
Crash Pad
2017
Elvis & Nixon
2016
Parched
2015
The Audition
2015
Welcome to Me
2015
Nebraska
2013
Disconnect
2013
I Don't Know How She Does It
2011
The Descendants
2011
Shanghai
2010
Hung
2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
The Golden Compass
2007
Mr. Woodcock
2007
RV
2006
Monster-in-Law
2005
Sideways
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
The Clearing
2004
About Schmidt
2002
Friday After Next
2002
Blow
2001
Girl, Interrupted
1999
Election
1999
Since You've Been Gone
1998
Citizen Ruth
1996
Homage
1995
Guncrazy
1992
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
1991
Guilty As Charged
1991
Sorority House Massacre II
1990
Frankenhooker
1990
Basket Case 2
1990
Blackbelt II: Fatal Force
1989
Moontrap
1989
Not of This Earth
1988