Kevin Greutert
Birthdate: March 31, 1965
Birthplace: Pasadena, California
Kevin Greutert (birthname: Kevin Henry Greutert) is best known as a regular director of the long-running Saw torture-horror series. Greutert began his film career as a film editor, was hired to edit the original Saw (2004), and has worked with the franchise in one creative capacity or another, mainly as director, ever since.
Greutert was editor of the successive sequels, Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), and Saw V (2008), before he took over as director of his debut, Saw VI (2009), quickly followed by directing the series’ seventh entry, Saw 3D (2010), which had been intended to be the series finale. However, a standalone Saw movie, Jigsaw (2017), was produced, with Greutert returning to his original position as editor. Greteurt continued his collaboration with the Saw series as executive producer only of the standalone, Spiral (2021), starring Chris Rock.
With the tenth entry in the series, Saw X (2023), starring Tobin Bell, Steven Brand, and Synnøve Macody Lund, Kevin Greutert returned, but in the new, combined roles as director and editor. Between his many Saw movies, Greutert was director and editor of a string of supernatural horror genre movies, including Lionsgate/Blumhouse’s Jessabelle (2014), starring Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, David Andrews, and Joelle Carter; Visions (2015), another Blumhouse production—this time with Universal Pictures—starring Isla Fisher, Anson Mount, Gillian Jacobs, Jim Parsons, Joanna Cassidy, and Eva Longoria; and the little-seen Jackals (2017), which starred Deborah Kara Unger, Johnathon Schaech, Stephen Dorff, and Ben Sullivan.
Unusual among directors, Greutert continued to work as an editor only for other movies, including director-writer Iris K. Shim’s supernatural horror film, Umma (2022), starring Sandra Oh, Fivel Stewart, Dermot Mulroney, produced by Sam Raimi; and Seth Rogen-produced and Samuel Bodin-directed horror movie for Lionsgate, Cobweb (2023), grossing $4.6 million. Greutert also served as a creative consultant to writer-director Zach Cregger on his acclaimed and smash $45-million-grossing hit, Barbarian (2022).
Personal Details
Kevin Greutert was born and raised in Pasadena, California. Greutert’s grandfather was Henry Greutert, a lead sculptor based at MGM Studios, and he worked on movies such as The Wizard of Oz (1939) and An American in Paris (195X). Greutert attended and graduated from Polytechnic School. He then did his higher education at the University of Southern California, where he earned his B.A. in cinema at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Greutert is married to actor Elizabeth Rowin. Greutert’s height is 5’ 6”.
Some Facts About Kevin Greutert
World Traveler: Kevin Greutert has traveled extensively through Asia, Europe, and North Africa.
Hobbies: Greutert’s hobbies include reading, drawing, flying model aircraft, and performing music.
Author: Kevin Greutert also writes fiction, and has contributed stories to various literary magazines, including Gambit.
