Independent writer/director Kevin S. Tenney was born in 1955 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He hails from a military family and grew up in Hawaii, Bermuda and California. Tenney made his first 8mm movie while in the sixth grade. He attended the University of Southern California. He's the first and only USC film student to direct both a graduate film and a ...
People say, 'What would you like to get into?' I'd like to do something in every genre. I don't actually want to get out of horror. I would like to do other genres, too, because for me a good film is a good film and category is secondary. I'd like to do horror films for as long as I feel I can do good horror films.
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I think the answer could work for any genre: a good story. Bottom line. Your audience will forgive everything else. They will forgive you if the acting isn't up to par or if the lighting isn't up to snuff. But the worse your story is, the more perfect everything else has to be to make up for it.
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Fact
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Attended University of Southern California film school.
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Made his first Super 8mm film while only in the sixth grade.
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Tenney's movie Witchtrap was partially filmed in Fairfield, California, where he and his family moved after his father retired from the U.S. Air Force. Before that, his family had been stationed in Hawaii, Bermuda, and various areas of Northern California. He attended three separate grade schools, two separate middle schools, and two separate high schools before moving to Los Angeles to attend U.S.C. film school. Tenney's father was stationed in Saigon, Viet Nam during the Tet Offensive.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Don't Let Them In
pre-production
Bigfoot
2009/I
Brain Dead
2007
Endangered Species
2003
as Kevin S. Tenney
Tick Tock
2000
Demolition University
1999
Video
Arrival II
1998
as Kevin S. Tenney
Pinocchio's Revenge
1996
as Kevin S. Tenney
Witchboard 2
1993
as Kevin S. Tenney
Peacemaker
1990
as Kevin S. Tenney
The Cellar
1989
as Kevin S. Tenney
Witchtrap
1989
as Kevin S. Tenney
Night of the Demons
1988
as Kevin S. Tenney
Witchboard
1986
as Kevin S. Tenney
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Witchboard
based on the film by pre-production
Endangered Species
2003
written by - as Kevin S. Tenney
Tick Tock
2000
written by
Night of the Demons III
1997
Video screenplay - as Kevin S. Tenney
Pinocchio's Revenge
1996
as Kevin S. Tenney
Witchboard III: The Possession
1995
screenplay - as Kevin S. Tenney
Witchboard 2
1993
written by - as Kevin S. Tenney
Peacemaker
1990
written by - as Kevin S. Tenney
Witchtrap
1989
written by - as Kevin S. Tenney
Witchboard
1986
written by - as Kevin S. Tenney
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Progressive Entrapment: The Making of Witchboard
2014
Documentary co-producer
You're Invited: The Making of Night of the Demons
2014
Documentary co-producer
Night of the Demons
2009
producer
Brain Dead
2007
producer
Witchtrap
1989
producer - as Kevin S. Tenney
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Endangered Species
2003
Doctor (as Kevin S. Tenney)
Arrival II
1998
Reporter (as Kevin S. Tenney)
Witchtrap
1989
Devon Lauder (as Kevin S. Tenney)
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Grad Night
1980
assistant props
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Night of the Demons III
1997
Video second unit director
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Night of the Demons III
1997
Video as Kevin S. Tenney
Editorial Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Among the Wild Chimpanzees
1984
TV Movie documentary assistant editor
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Night of the Demons
1988
writer: "Victims Of The Press" - as Kevin S. Tenney
$400,000
