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.
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WritingBirthday
January 19, 1946Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
21Place of birth
Virginia, USAAlso known as
Boris Schnurr, Kim David HenkelCast credits
Crew credits
Eaten Alive
Adaptation, WriterThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Screenplay, Associate Producer, StoryThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
ProducerLeatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
CharactersThe Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Director, Writer, Producer, CharactersTexas Chainsaw 3D
Characters, Executive ProducerThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Co-Producer, Original Film WriterLeatherface
CharactersTexas Chainsaw Massacre
Characters, ProducerLast Night at the Alamo
Writer, Editor, ProducerFound Footage 3D
ProducerThe Unseen
WriterButcher Boys
WriterThe Dead Don't Die
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