
Editing
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5.9
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Born in
Buffalo, New York, USA
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.

Lonely Planet
as Editor
2024

The Holdovers
as Editor
2023

Semper Fi
as Editor
2019

Honey Boy
as Editorial Consultant
2019

Otherhood
as Editor
2019

The Peanut Butter Falcon
as Editor
2019

Downsizing
as Editor
2017

Crash Pad
as Executive Producer, Director
2017

Elvis & Nixon
as Executive Producer
2016

Parched
as Editor
2015

The Audition
as Editor
2015

Welcome to Me
as Editor
2015

Nebraska
as Editor
2013

Disconnect
as Editor
2013

I Don't Know How She Does It
as Editor
2011

The Descendants
as Editor
2011

Shanghai
as Editor
2010

Hung
as Editor
2009

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
as Editor
2009

The Golden Compass
as Editor
2007