Kim Henkel
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.
The Unseen
(Writer)
Butcher Boys
(Writer)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Original Film Writer)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
(Story)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
(Screenplay)
Eaten Alive
(Adaptation)
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
(Characters)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Director)
Eaten Alive
(Writer)
Texas Chainsaw 3D
(Characters)
Found Footage 3D
(Producer)
Texas Chainsaw 3D
(Executive Producer)
Doc's Full Service
(Writer)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(Producer)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Co-Producer)
The Dead Don't Die
(Thanks)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Writer)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Producer)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Characters)
Leatherface
(Characters)
The Hypostatic Union
(Producer)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Characters)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Producer)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
(Associate Producer)
Last Night at the Alamo
(Producer)
Last Night at the Alamo
(Writer)
Last Night at the Alamo
(Editor)
Untitled Texas Chainsaw Massacre Film
(Producer)
Rizzoli & Isles
(Location Manager)