Person
Jerry Henry
Camera · Los Angeles, California, U.S
Biography
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.
Known for

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
Director of Photography

The Innocence Files
Director of Photography

I Was Born This Way
Director of Photography

Teaching America
Cinematography

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Director of Photography

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History
Director of Photography

Between the World and Me
Director of Photography

Monument | Monumento
Director of Photography
Leading
Director of Photography

Free Chol Soo Lee
Camera Operator
Filmography
- 2026Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven HistoryDirector of Photography
- 2025Teaching AmericaCinematography
- 2025I Was Born This WayDirector of Photography
- 2024The World According to Allee WillisDirector of Photography
- 2024Food and CountryDirector of Photography
- 2024LeadingDirector of Photography
- 2022Racist TreesDirector of Photography
- 2022The Picture TakerDirector of Photography
- 2022Free Chol Soo LeeCamera Operator
- 2022Shania Twain: Not Just a GirlCinematography
- 2021Ferguson RisesDirector of Photography
- 2020Between the World and MeDirector of Photography
- 2020The Innocence FilesDirector of Photography
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolDirector of Photography
- 2018The Rachel DivideCamera Operator
- 2017Robert Kirkman's Secret History of ComicsDirector of Photography
- 2017Monument | MonumentoDirector of Photography
- 2012Janeane from Des MoinesDirector of Photography
- 2012This Is Where We Take Our StandDirector of Photography
- 1999In My SecrecyDirector of Photography
- —Engaged and UnderageProducer
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