Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 2024 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 2012 · nominated
Filmography38 titles
The Holdovers
Girl, Interrupted
Nebraska
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Blow
Parched
Disconnect
Sideways
Honey Boy
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
About Schmidt
Election
The Descendants
Hung
Citizen Ruth
Friday After Next
Frankenhooker
Otherhood
Monster-in-Law
Lonely Planet
Shanghai
The Golden Compass
Semper Fi
Elvis & Nixon
Welcome to Me
RV
The Clearing
Basket Case 2
Crash Pad
Downsizing
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Guncrazy
I Don't Know How She Does It
Mr. Woodcock
Blackbelt II: Fatal Force
One Good Turn
Since You've Been Gone
Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever