Biography

Henry is a Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2012. His first short film A Season In Hell was a comedy satirizing the restaurant trade in Cornwall. Henry then wrote a play that was chosen for the Royal Court Theatre's Young Playwrights Season. A dark comedy set on a roof Highfliers concerned the black market building trade in Cornwall. The short film and the play won him a place at The London Film School and he graduated in 2009 fully funded by a Skillset scholarship. The Lobster Trap starring real lobster fisherman and filmed mainly at sea on 35mm, won the Lodz Media school Festival Poland, and was noticed by producers who secured funding for his next short.

Big Mouth was inspired by the lives of the two deaf teenagers who star in the film - neither of whom had acted before - alongside professional actors including Helen Baxendale and Theo Barklem Biggs. The film premiered at The 54th BFI London Film Festival; won the Delabole Slate audience award; reached the final ten shortlist for Bafta nomination; and received Special Mention at Brief Encounters "for outstanding performances, for its passion, and for the handling of a range of heartfelt relationships." Henry recently directed an original half hour drama for the Coming Up series, Hooked was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2011. A comedy-drama starring Adeel Akhtar, Anita Dobson and Cathy Tyson. He is represented by Independent Talent.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous