| Kim Henkel | |
| Birth Name: | Kim David Henkel |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Texas, Austin |
| Known For: | Co-writer of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
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 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[1] 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).[2]
Henkel and Hooper co-wrote the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre screenplay. Henkel both wrote and directed a sequel, (1995).[3] 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.[4] Most recently, he produced the horror film Found Footage 3D,[5] [6] [7] 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.
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Eggshells | Writer, actor | Role: Toes |
| 1974 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | co-Writer | |
| 1977 | Eaten Alive | Writer (adaptation) | |
| 1980 | The Unseen | Story | Uncredited |
| 1983 | Last Night at the Alamo | Writer, actor | Role: Lionel |
| 1995 | Writer, director | ||
| 1995 | Doc's Full Service | Writer | |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Co-producer | |
| 2004 | Rio Peligroso: A Day in the Life of a Legendary Coyote | Actor | Role: Voice (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Producer | ||
| 2008 | The Wild Man of the Navidad | Actor, producer | Roles: Radio Host #2 / Lionel |
| 2012 | Butcher Boys | Writer, producer | |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Executive producer | |
| 2016 | Found Footage 3D | Producer | |
| 2017 | Leatherface | Executive producer | |
| 2022 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Producer | |