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 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.
Blow
(Editor)
About Schmidt
(Editor)
Monster-in-Law
(Editor)
Girl, Interrupted
(Editor)
Guncrazy
(Editor)
Sideways
(Editor)
Election
(Editor)
RV
(Editor)
The Descendants
(Editor)
Nebraska
(Editor)
Ultra Warrior
(Director)
The Holdovers
(Editor)
Homage
(Editor)
Basket Case 2
(Editor)
Moontrap
(Editor)
Not of This Earth
(Editor)
Welcome to Me
(Editor)
Elvis & Nixon
(Executive Producer)
Shanghai
(Editor)
Honey Boy
(Editorial Consultant)
Citizen Ruth
(Editor)
Crash Pad
(Executive Producer)
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
(Editor)
The Clearing
(Editor)
Crash Pad
(Director)
Guilty As Charged
(Editor)
Parched
(Editor)
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
(Editor)
Blackbelt II: Fatal Force
(Director)
Friday After Next
(Additional Editor)
Frankenhooker
(Editor)
Downsizing
(Editor)
The Audition
(Editor)
Since You've Been Gone
(Editor)
Otherhood
(Editor)
The Peanut Butter Falcon
(Editor)
Semper Fi
(Editor)
Disconnect
(Editor)
Mr. Woodcock
(Editor)
The Golden Compass
(Editor)
I Don't Know How She Does It
(Editor)
Lonely Planet
(Editor)
One Good Turn
(Editor)
Hung
(Editor)