Kim Henkel
Kim David Henkel (born January 19, 1946) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He is best known for co-writing the horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Tobe Hooper.
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Kim Henkel
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- Born
- 1946. · United States.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, actor, director, writer and producer.
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
- Languages
- English.
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Early years and education
Early years and education
Henkel was born in Virginia and grew up in several small towns in South Texas. He began his university studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1964 majoring in English. He graduated in 1969. Mutual friends introduced Henkel to Tobe Hooper and Henkel acted in Hooper's first feature film, Eggshells (1969).
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Kim Henkel (born 19 January 1946) is described as a director, screenwriter and film producer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Kim Henkel was born on 19 January 1946.
Career
Career
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 for Hooper's Eaten Alive (1977). Henkel returned to the horror genre in 2012 with another tale of cannibals titled Butcher Boys, 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; as well as Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.
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Life and career
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1994
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1994) | Kim Henkel | 1080p digitised by Internet Archive.
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- “Kim Henkel”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Bloom, John. They Came. They Sawed. Texas Monthly. November 2004.
- 2.Alison Macor. Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin, Texas University of Texas Press: Austin, 2010.
- 3.Squires, John. HL Exclusive: Writer/Director Kim Henkel Reveals Secrets of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation'. Halloween Love. July 22, 2014.
- 4.O'Connell, Joe. 'Boneboys' cannibal comedy traces roots back to 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre'. Dallas Morning News. November 26, 2010.
- 5.Found Footage 3D Makes First Casting Announcement. Dread Central. April 30, 2014.
- 6.Making A Killer Movie: Interview with Steve DeGennaro. Cult Movie Mania. January 24, 2014.
- 7.Miska, Brad. 'Found Footage 3D' To Begin Shooting This May. Bloody-Disgusting. January 8, 2014.
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