Kim Henkel

Kim Henkel

  • Birthday: 1946-01-19
  • Place of birth: Virginia, USA
  • Also know as: Boris Schnurr

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.

Filmography

Production

Texas Chainsaw 3D

2013

As Executive Producer

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2003

As Co-Producer

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2022

As Producer

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974

As Associate Producer

Last Night at the Alamo

1984

As Producer

Found Footage 3D

2016

As Producer

Eaten Alive

1976

As Adaptation

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974

As Screenplay

Texas Chainsaw 3D

2013

As Characters

Doc's Full Service

1994

As Writer

Leatherface

2017

As Characters

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2022

As Characters

The Unseen

1980

As Writer

Butcher Boys

2013

As Writer

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

2003

As Original Film Writer

Eaten Alive

1976

As Writer

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