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.
Films (20)

Teaching America
2025 · Cinematography

I Was Born This Way
2025 · Director of Photography

We Want the Funk !
2025 · Camera Operator

The World According to Allee Willis
2024 · Director of Photography

Food and Country
2024 · Director of Photography
Leading
2024 · Director of Photography

Racist Trees
2022 · Director of Photography

The Picture Taker
2022 · Director of Photography

Free Chol Soo Lee
2022 · Camera Operator

Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl
2022 · Cinematography

Ferguson Rises
2021 · Director of Photography

Between the World and Me
2020 · Director of Photography

The Birth of Cool: La historia de Miles Davis y su música
2019 · Director of Photography

The Rachel Divide
2018 · Camera Operator

Monument | Monumento
2017 · Director of Photography

Janeane from Des Moines
2012 · Director of Photography

This Is Where We Take Our Stand
2012 · Director of Photography
Something Other Than Other
2004 · Himself, Director

Red Ink
2000 · Director
In My Secrecy
1999 · Director of Photography


