Jerry Henry
Jerry Henry is a LA-based Director/DP who received his MFA degree from UCLA's prestigious Production Program with an emphasis on Documentary and Cinematography. His award-winning short documentary "I Promise Africa" premiered in over 100 film festivals worldwide and won many prestigious awards, among them a Directors Guild of America Student Award. Jerry’s visual talents can be seen in the Oscar nominated documentary "Exit Through The Gift Shop" directed by Banksy, and Peabody Award winning documentary "American Revolutionary" by director Grace Lee. He lent his visual talents to help shoot the Grammy Award winning HBO doc series titled "The Defiant Ones" which chronicles the life and work of Dr. Dre. and Jimmy Iovine. Jerry contributed cinematography on the Oscar Nominated documentary short film "St. Louis Superman" by directors Smriti Mundra and Sami Khan. His most recent work is the Documentary/ Narrative hybrid adaptation of the Ta-Nehisi Coates book "Between the World and Me" directed by Kamilah Forbes for HBO Max and "High on the Hog" Season 1 directed by Roger Ross Williams for Netflix. He is recently lensed the documentary series "The 1619 Project" with the Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones for Hulu/ ABC/ Disney+ and Season 2 of High on The Hog.
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Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven HistoryDirector of Photography2026
Teaching AmericaCinematography2025
I Was Born This WayDirector of Photography2025
We Want the Funk!Camera Operator2025
The World According to Allee WillisDirector of Photography2024
Food and CountryDirector of Photography2024- LeadingDirector of Photography2024
Racist TreesDirector of Photography2022
The Picture TakerDirector of Photography2022
Free Chol Soo LeeCamera Operator2022
Shania Twain: Not Just a GirlCinematography2022
Ferguson RisesDirector of Photography2021
Between the World and MeDirector of Photography2020
The Innocence FilesDirector of Photography2020
Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolDirector of Photography2019
The Rachel DivideCamera Operator2018
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of ComicsDirector of Photography2017
Monument | MonumentoDirector of Photography2017
Janeane from Des MoinesDirector of Photography2012
This Is Where We Take Our StandDirector of Photography2012- Something Other Than Otheras Himself2004
- Something Other Than OtherDirector2004
Red InkDirector2000- In My SecrecyDirector of Photography1999
- Engaged and UnderageProducer—