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...
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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 senior project, the latter of which won an Emmy Award for Best Student Production of the Year. Tenney's pictures are distinguished by strong acting, stylish cinematography and unusually well-drawn characters. Tenney made an excellent and impressive debut as both writer and director with the enduring horror cult hit "Witchboard." Tenney's follow-up films have been a nicely diverse and entertaining bunch: the immensely fun and over-the-top gory winner "Night of the Demons," the cruddy monster offering "The Cellar," the amusingly bad "Witchtrap," and the exciting sci-fi/action item "Peacemaker," plus the above average sequels "Wichboard 2: The Devil's Doorway" and "The Second Arrival." Show less «
People say, 'What would you like to get into?' I'd like to do something in every genre. I don't actu...Show more »
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. Show less «
I think the answer could work for any genre: a good story. Bottom line. Your audience will forgive e...Show more »
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. Show less «
