Kevin Tent

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.

Tent's early life was spent near Buffalo, New York. He began his career editing educational films, then moved into the world of low-budget horror films, working on several projects with legendary producer Roger Corman. Tent has since gone on to edit many high-profile films.

• Year — Film — Director — Other notes • 1988 — Not of This Earth — Jim Wynorski • 1989 — Moontrap — Robert Dyke • 1990 — Basket Case 2 — Frank Henenlotter • Frankenhooker • Hollywood Boulevard II — Steve Barnett • 1991 — Guilty as Charged — Sam Irvin • Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever — Deborah Brock • 1992 — Ultraviolet — Mark Griffiths • Guncrazy — Tamra Davis • 1993 — Slaughter of the Innocents — James Glickenhaus • 1995 — Homage — Ross Kagan Marks • 1996 — Citizen Ruth — Alexander Payne • One Good Turn — Tony Randel • 1999 — Election — Alexander Payne — Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical • Girl, Interrupted — James Mangold • 2001 — Blow — Ted Demme • 2002 — About Schmidt — Alexander Payne — Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic • 2004 — The Clearing — Pieter Jan Brugge • Sideways — Alexander Payne — Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical • 2005 — Monster-in-Law — Robert Luketic • 2006 — RV — Barry Sonnenfeld • 2007 — Mr. Woodcock — Craig Gillespie • The Golden Compass — Chris Weitz • 2009 — Hung — Alexander Payne — Pilot episode • The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard — Neal Brennan • 2010 — Shanghai — Mikael Håfström • 2011 — The Descendants — Alexander Payne — American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing • 2012 — Disconnect — Henry-Alex Rubin • 2013 — Nebraska — Alexander Payne — Nominated - American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical • 2014 — Welcome to Me — Shira Piven • 2015 — Parched — Leena Yadav • 2017 — Downsizing — Alexander Payne • 2019 — The Peanut Butter Falcon — * Tyler Nilson * Michael Schwartz • Otherhood — Cindy Chupack • Semper Fi — Henry-Alex Rubin • 2023 — The Holdovers — Alexander Payne — American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing • 2024 — Lonely Planet — Susannah Grant