Directing
May 5, 1972
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Randy Kent
Directing
Biography
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.
Feature Films (5)
When rock star Kent Ramsey kills himself, his friends, family members and bandmates gather together to deal with issues old and new ... and play a few rounds of golf.
Life, Death & Mini-Golf
A woman travels to Holland in search of her missing sister who may have been forced into prostitution in the infamous Red Light District of Amsterdam. Ever wondered what would happen if John Waters went to the Netherlands to make a giallo? Wonder no more!
Blood Tulip
This entry in director Jean-Claude La Marre's Pastor Jones series sees the beleaguered clergyman coping with a gap in the church budget. When he can't make a payment on one of the church's loans, the pastor fears he may have to stop funding the choir, and turns to its two lead members (who happen to be quibbling siblings) to help save the day. Will they be able to put their pride aside and keep the choir together?
Pastor Jones: Heavenly Voices
A documentation and celebration of 13 years of the Horror-on-Sea film festival in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, U.K.
Horror-on-Sea: 13 Bloody Years
The Wife has grown tired of her Husband so she makes the final call. That phone call leads her to a pair of struggling, low-rent Hitmen who will do anything to jump-start their careers.
Ten Cent Hitman
Television & Series (1)
In the midst of the 2020 pandemic, immigration and racial strife and World Wide economic collapse, a young activist woman of color falls in love with a Conservative Caucasian. Not without the help of three wise Homeless Men and their odd Friends who inform the young lady of the worlds biggest conspiracies and the ominous Committee of 10 who are hellbent on taking over the world. They also awaken her to "The Frequency" - a vibration that, if achieved, opens up a vortex to a mysterious Café in the Void where there exists no time - no space. Once there she meets Bob Marley, Gandhi, Thomas Paine and John Lennon who are at a crossroads in their lives before they went out and changed the world. With the advice of a mystical café barista and the historical figures, Vivi discovers the secret to make the world a better place to live. But is she too late? And can her new love help her go out and change the world?