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Randy Kent

Randy Kent

Director, actor, editor, producer and writer · Born May 6, 1972 (54) · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

As of the spring of 2025, Randy is finishing post-production on a number of projects including the features "Bob's Best Friends" and "Loose Ends Down" and the just released controversial television mini-series, "Cafe in the Void". Co-directed & produced alongside John Luksetich, this "of-the-times" fantasy/comedy/drama is the biggest production they have done to date and set for a 2025 release. Along with the above, Randy and John just signed a distribution deal for their horror/comedy "Blood Tulip"which was shot on location in Amsterdam, Holland. Expect to see the film, the first under their own ThereIsNoBox Studios banner, to be released in the summer of 2025. After a successful theatrical run in Bangalore, India last year, the Kannada film "Road King" has finally made it's worldwide streaming debut. This one-of-a-kind experiment was directed exclusively over Skype from Los Angeles and shot on location in Bangalore and racked up numerous award wins all around the world. Along with that, Randy is celebrating the release of the UK based horror films, "Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In", "Demons At Dawn" along with the horror/comedy, "Chinese Speaking Vampires", all currently available across multiple platforms. Throughout his career, Randy has garnered multiple awards as a producer, director and editor in the commercial and film arena. With his keen ability to make a little go a long way and look like it was made for a lot, Randy has earned a reputation for the work he has created across every genre and in many different countries - from his beginnings in the Atlanta comedy world, to directing heavy dramas in India over a computer, shooting tight thrillers in the streets of Holland, making straight-up horror in Buffalo and England, and then smaller, more experimental work he has done in his hometown of Los Angeles. Other recent projects out in the world include the first season of the BLK Prime web series, "Sweet As Pye"; The 1970s throwback thriller, "Blood Tulips", that is now setting up special screenings; And the indie feature, "Shadow Of The Monarch", which is available across most VOD platforms like Amazon Prime, DirecTV and iTunes. Kent won several Best Director awards for "Road King"; Best Film Maker and Best Short Film at the Glendale International Film Festival for "The Pursuit", Best Experimental Short Film and an Award of Merit for "Forgotten" and a Silver Ace Award at the Las Vegas International Film Festival for the feature film, "Life Of Lemon". Other awards include 2 Best Director and Best Feature Film Awards at 2 different festivals for the horror anthology feature, "The Perfect House" and an Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film for the short, "Timmy, The Bag Boy". A planned feature film version of "Timmy" is now in the works along with several other feature and short projects. Randy shot Bagboy Productions first feature film, "Life, Death & Mini-Golf", in the summer of 2002. The production was an entirely self-financed project and now sells on Amazon and various other sites. Filmed in three locations in 12 days, this drama ensemble stars comedy superstar actress, Kristen Wiig.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 6, 1972 (54)
From
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Works as
Director, actor, editor, producer and writer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 29% in 30 days

What are Randy Kent's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 10th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 5th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
47%
Self
25%
Morality
18%
Power
10%
Survival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 4 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Dread
5
Melancholic
4
Absurd
2
Contemplative
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Randy Kent's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Subscription and free streaming for Randy Kent's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

28 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Cafe In The Void (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Producer · as Levers

  • Bring Me A Skin For Dancing In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • The Haunted Studio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Second Unit Director

  • Road King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Editor

  • Werewolf Cabal(2022)

    Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Demons at Dawn(2022)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • American Bigfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Associate Producer

  • Chinese Speaking Vampires(2021)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Blood Tulip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · as Jaap

  • Shadow of the Monarch(2017)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Haunting of Borley Rectory(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Pursuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • Another Plan from Outer Space(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Red Army Hooligans(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Eclipse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Forgotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Producer

  • A Song For Jenny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Fuseli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Hidden Agenda(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Mind Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • The Perfect House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer

  • Life of Lemon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Pastor Jones: Heavenly Voices (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Hippie

  • Evolved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Co-Director · Editor

  • Timmy, The Bag Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Life, Death and Mini-Golf(2004)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · as Kent Ramsey

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ten Cent Hitman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Street Boy

  • Bob's Best Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles, 23 of them dated from 2000 to 2026.

Most popular right now

Life, Death and Mini-Golf (2004)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 24: 1 only acting, 4 with another roleDirecting20 of 24: 10 only directing, 10 with another roleWriting4 of 24: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing5 of 24: 1 only producing, 4 with another roleEditing5 of 24: 1 only editing, 4 with another roleOther crew1 of 24: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

24 titles, 10 with more than one role — directing and acting overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2000s5 · 3 acting · 4 crew2010s10 · 1 acting · 10 crew2020s8 · 1 acting · 8 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Randy Kent's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 9th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 2nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

2ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

15thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 9 titles are Divisive.

  • Divisive5
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · producer

Red Army Hooligans (2018)

97th percentile spread · 63% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Hidden Agenda (2015)

Midcredits 30th · 55% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 45/100 and the pacing 29/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Randy Kent work with?

People who share at least 2 of Randy Kent's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hans Hernke shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Producers