- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- January 19, 1946
- Place of Birth
- Virginia, USA
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 releas…
Filmography
movieDinner with Leatherface
2024 · Self
movieTexas Chainsaw Massacre
2022 · Characters, Producer
movieThe Dead Don't Die
2019 · Thanks
movieAlso Starring Austin
2018
movieLeatherface
2017 · Characters
movieFound Footage 3D
2016 · Producer
movieButcher Boys
2013 · Writer
movieTexas Chainsaw 3D
2013 · Characters, Executive Producer
tvRizzoli & Isles
2010 · Location Manager
movieThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 · Producer, Characters
movieThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 · Original Film Writer, Co-Producer, Characters
The Hypostatic Union
movieThe Hypostatic Union
2002 · Producer
movieTexas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
2000 · Self
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
movieThe Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
1996 · Self
movieThe Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995 · Director, Writer, Producer, Characters
Doc's Full Service
movieDoc's Full Service
1994 · Writer
movieLeatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990 · Characters
movieThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986 · Characters
movieLast Night at the Alamo
1984 · Lionel, Producer, Writer, Editor
movieThe Unseen
1980 · Writer
movieEaten Alive
1976 · Adaptation, Writer
movieThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · Story, Screenplay, Associate Producer
movieEggshells
1971 · Toes
movieUntitled Texas Chainsaw Massacre Film
— · Producer, Characters