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Randy Kent (May 6, 1972) is an indie film producer/director, writer, and actor. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he is best known for co-writing and directing "Life, Death & Mini-Golf" (2002; co-written with Andy Forrest), writing and directing "Timmy, the Bag Boy" (2007), directing "Life of Lemon" (2011; starring Dan Lauria, John Farley, Beth Grant, Mimi Kennedy, and Rachel Miner), and co-directing "The Perfect House" (2013; with Kris Hulbert)) and "Shadow of the Monarch" (2017; with John Luksetich).

Kent shot his first feature film in the summer of 2002, entitled "Life, Death & Mini-Golf", a project that was entirely self-financed, filmed in three locations within 12 days, and starred Kristen Wiig.

His 2013 film, the horror anthology "The Perfect House", was the first independent feature film released and distributed on Facebook. It originally premiered on flicklaunch before moving to its permanent home on the milyoni social theater. "The Perfect House" starred frequent horror-film diva Felissa Rose, who reunited with her "Sleepaway Camp" (1983) co-star Jonathan Tiersten. Tiersten wrote two songs, including the theme song, for the film.

Kent is currently in post-production with "Blood Tulips", "Road to Rosarito", "Frog" and the film short "[http://9Realms:%20The%20Parting%20Gift". 9Realms: The Parting Gift".] As of May 2019, he is wrapping up Season 1 of the six episode webseries, "Sweet As Pye" for BLK Prime, and is in post-production on a one-of-a-kind experiment - directing a feature film over Skype from Los Angeles that is shooting on location in Bangalore, India. The film, "Road King", is slated for a 2019 release across Indian & US markets. He is also in early prep for the Chinese co-production, "Frog", that will shoot entirely on-location in Beijing, China. Another film, "Capone's Kidd" is scheduled to start production in Fall, 2019.

He recently won 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 "Life Of Lemon". Other awards include 2 Best Director and Best Feature Film Awards at 2 different festivals for "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 in talks along with several other feature and short projects.

For television, Kent in 2010 directed four episodes of the long-running, award-winning "The John Kerwin Show" for JLTV in Los Angeles. Between narrative projects, he is CEO of ZeroPoint30 Productions, where he writes, produces and directs commercials and promos for businesses.