About
Henry is an award-winning screenwriter, director and author based in Melbourne, Australia.
His debut feature, Strange Creatures, was featured at the 2024 Cannes Film festival as part of Queer Screen’s Marche Du Film initiative. It was subsequently picked up by worldwide sales agent TVCO and is set to be released in theatres across Australia and NZ later this year, distributed by Bonsai Films.
As a founder of the production company Humdrum Comedy, Henry co-created the hit TV comedy series Metro Sexual, which ran for two season and has been aired in multiple countries around the world. Humdrum Comedy were finalists for Breakthrough Business of the Year at the 2022 SPA (Screen Producers Australia) awards.
In 2021 Henry was one of eleven writers chosen to participate in the inaugural Imagine Impact Australia program, a talent accelerator spearheaded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment. During the program, Henry worked closely with mentor Shaun Grant (Snowtown, Mindhunter) to develop his sci-fi feature film, Before the Dying Light – currently in development.
On top of this, Henry released his debut novel in September 2022. Speck of the Stars is a science fiction / fantasy adventure for middle grade readers and is published by Ford Street Publishing.
Professional Experience
2021 - 2022 | Imagine Impact Australia Creator |
2015 - 2022 | Humdrum Comedy Co-founder / Showrunner |
2020 - 2021 | Ridefree Media Freelance Director |
2014 - 2019 | Taxi Film Production Freelance Director |
2014 - 2019 | Griffith University Lecturer |
2017 - 2019 | Queensland School of Film & Television Lecturer |
Education
2013 | Bachelor of Film & Screen Media Production with Honours Griffith University |
Select Projects
2024 | Strange Creatures (Feature Film)Director / Writer |
2022 | Speck of the Stars (Novel) Writer |
2021 | Metro Sexual - Season 2 (TV Series) Showrunner / Director / Writer |
2021 | Before the Dying Light (Feature Film - In Development) Writer |
2019 | Metro Sexual - Season 1 (TV Series) Showrunner / Director / Writer |
2018 | Lavender (Short Film) Director / Writer |
Best Live Action Short Film - Sci-On Film Festival | |
2017 | Follow My Way (Short Film) Director / Writer |
2015 | Hitstroke FM (Web Series) Director / Writer |
2014 | Ouroboros (Short Film) Director / Writer |
Best Film - 1st China Australia International Film Festival | |
2013 | Rain (Short Film) Director / Writer |
Best International Short Film - Silver Wave Film Festival |