--- name: "Kevin Reynolds" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-reynolds" fi1m_id: "kevin-reynolds" imdb_id: "nm0721817" tmdb_id: 8300 wikidata_id: "Q464903" roles: ["Director"] born: "17 January 1952" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 63 average_as: "director" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T08:30:39.370425+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kevin Reynolds ## Identity Kevin Reynolds - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-reynolds - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kevin-reynolds - **IMDb ID:** nm0721817 - **TMDB ID:** 8300 - **Wikidata ID:** Q464903 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Reynolds_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0721817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8300 Director. Born 17 January 1952 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 17 January 1952, San Antonio, Texas, USA - **Active:** 1991–1995 - **Also known as:** Kevin Hal Reynolds - **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Costner](https://film.one/person/kevin-costner.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as director, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Reynolds_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0721817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8300 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md) (65) - **Hulu:** [*Waterworld*](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md) (61) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Kevin Reynolds > Kevin Reynolds is most persuasive when he lets an adventure move. His taste for convincing period settings serves him well, but *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* exposes how readily uneven performances and competing tones can slow him down. Douglas Milsome’s roving camera gives the action in *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991) a freedom its dialogue scenes lack. We felt our spirits rise when Reynolds got on with the adventure, then sink when the talk resumed. There is a decent film here, stretched past its comfortable length. It is also a useful introduction to his strengths and limitations: he handles the action more confidently than the competing tones. The collaboration with Kevin Costner began with Reynolds’s directorial debut, *Fandango* (1985), and continued through *Waterworld* (1995). Historical adventure and literary adaptation became recurring choices, including *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2002) and *Tristan & Isolde* (2006). His later work took in the miniseries *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012) and *Risen* (2016), a biblical thriller he also wrote. Across those changes of format and subject, his interest in making period settings convincing offers a useful way into the work. Reynolds cited Ridley Scott’s *The Duellists* as a model for his approach to *The Count of Monte Cristo*. That emphasis on realism helps explain a strength of *Robin Hood*: John Graysmark’s production design gives the adventure a credible setting. Michael Kamen’s rousing score helps us feel the excitement Costner’s Robin does not always communicate, and earns its enthusiasm without much assistance from him. The difficulty is getting the actors to agree on what sort of film they are in. Costner’s solemnity and Alan Rickman’s mischief pull *Robin Hood* in different directions, while romance and a message about justice compete with the adventure. Reynolds gives each enough attention to interrupt the others, and the 143-minute running time makes that unevenness tiring. There is nothing wrong with treating the legend freely; the trouble comes when the comic and serious passages need the same characters to carry them. Try it for Rickman and the action, provided a leisurely pace is no obstacle. ## Biography Kevin Hal Reynolds (born 17 January 1952) is an American film director and screenwriter. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Herbert H. Reynolds, a former president of Baylor University. After studying law, he attended the University of Southern California film school. Reynolds co-wrote the screenplay for *Red Dawn* (1984) and made his feature directorial debut with *Fandango* (1985), produced by Steven Spielberg. He directed *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), *Waterworld* (1995), *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2002), *Tristan & Isolde* (2006) and *Risen* (2016). He also directed the miniseries *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination. Reynolds has had several collaborations with actor Kevin Costner, beginning with *Fandango* and continuing on *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves*, *Waterworld* and *Hatfields & McCoys*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Waterworld* (1995), Fi1m 61, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md) - *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), Fi1m 65, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md) ## Complete filmography (16) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Risen* (2016), Director, Screenplay - *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012), series, Director - *Tristan & Isolde* (2006), Director - *Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds* (2002), Thanks - *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2002), Director - *One Eight Seven* (1997), Director - *Waterworld* (1995), Director — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md) - *Rapa Nui* (1994), Director, Screenplay - *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md) - *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Thanks — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md) - *The Beast of War* (1988), Director - *White Water Summer* (1987), Second Unit Director - *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Director - *Fandango* (1985), Director, Writer - *Red Dawn* (1984), Screenplay, Story - *Proof* (1980), Director ## Gallery - ![Estrella dedicada a Kevin Reynolds en el Paseo de la Fama de Almería. Andalucía, España. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/79879/gallery-d7d6cae1ad2e.jpg) Estrella dedicada a Kevin Reynolds en el Paseo de la Fama de Almería. Andalucía, España. (2022) — CarlosVdeHabsburgo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kevin_Reynolds.jpg/1280px-Kevin_Reynolds.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kevin Reynolds](https://film.one/media/person/79879/gallery-72dcdde906b5.jpg) Kevin Reynolds — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/kevin-reynolds