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Kim Henkel

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Kim Henkel (born 1946) is an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor, best known for co-writing the horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Tobe Hooper. Born in Virginia and raised in small towns in South Texas, he studied English at the University of Texas at Austin, graduating in 1969, and acted in Hooper's first feature, Eggshells. He wrote and directed the sequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation in 1995, wrote and co-produced Last Night at the Alamo with Eagle Pennell, and adapted Eaten Alive for Hooper. He returned to cannibal horror in 2012 with Butcher Boys, co-directed by two former students, and has lectured in screenwriting at Rice University and Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.

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is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor
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    born January 19, 1946
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    is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor
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    Kim David Henkel (born January 19, 1946) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor.
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    Henkel and Hooper co-wrote the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre screenplay.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American slasher franchise created by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper.
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