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Kevin Tancharoen

ケヴィン・タンチャローエン　/　けゔぃん・たんちゃろーえん

American film director

April 23, 1984 (age 42)　・　Los Angeles, California, United States

California
film director
choreographer
dancer

My Take

Kevin Tancharoen is the kind of creative shape-shifter I find genuinely fascinating. He started as a dancer and choreographer, then willed himself into directing and producing. His Mortal Kombat moment is the part that sticks with me: he built a fan web series so compelling that Warner Bros. handed him the feature. He later walked away from it, but that whole arc, turning passion into industry leverage, takes real nerve. I suspect his dance background gives his editing an instinctive sense of rhythm and pacing. He is a reminder that the best directors often come up sideways, not through the front door.

Overview

Kevin Tancharoen (born April 23, 1984) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer. On September 29, 2011, New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. announced that Tancharoen would direct a film adaptation of Mortal Kombat after he created the successful web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, although he dropped out of the project in 2013.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Kevin Tancharoen
Name (Japanese): ケヴィン・タンチャローエン
Reading: けゔぃん・たんちゃろーえん
Born: April 23, 1984 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rat
Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States
Blood type: Private
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Occupation: film director / choreographer / dancer / television producer / television director

2. Background

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