Cast & creator
Kim Henkel
Best known for Rizzoli & Isles, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 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 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.
Also known as: Boris Schnurr, Kim David Henkel
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film credits
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television credits
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1971–2027 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (42)
Showing 42 of 42 credits
Rizzoli & Isles
Location Manager
2010
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Story
1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Screenplay
1974The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Associate Producer
1974
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Characters
1986
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Original Film Writer
2003The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Co-Producer
2003The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Characters
2003
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Characters
2013Texas Chainsaw 3D
Executive Producer
2013
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Producer
2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Characters
2006
The Dead Don't Die
Thanks
2019
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Director
1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Writer
1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Producer
1995The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Characters
1995
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Characters
2022Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Producer
2022
Leatherface
Characters
2017
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Characters
1990
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Characters
Eaten Alive
Adaptation
1976Eaten Alive
Writer
1976
The Unseen
Writer
1980
Eggshells
Toes
1971
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Self
2000
Dinner with Leatherface
Self
2024
Last Night at the Alamo
Lionel
1984Last Night at the Alamo
Producer
1984Last Night at the Alamo
Writer
1984Last Night at the Alamo
Editor
1984
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Documentary
Self
1996Doc's Full Service
Writer
1994
Found Footage 3D
Producer
2016
Also Starring Austin
2018
Butcher Boys
Writer
2013The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Producer
2027The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Writer
2027The Hypostatic Union
Producer
2002