Name
Kim Henkel
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1946-01-19 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Virginia, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they...
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After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and ...
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A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother.Â...
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After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic in...
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Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped of...
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A radio host is victimised by the notorious cannibal family while a former Texas Marshal h...
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In the sleepy town of Centerville, the lives of a number of interconnected characters are ...
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Two college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and onto a dese...
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A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wande...
- 2000 Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Self
- 1984 Last Night at the Alamo as Lionel
- 1971 Eggshells as Toes
- 2018 Also Starring Austin
- 1996 The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary as Self
- 2024 Dinner with Leatherface as Self
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
