Henry Corra
American documentary filmmaker (born 1955)
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Henry John Corra (born November 11, 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker best known for pioneering what he calls "living cinema".[1][2]
Career
Corra's films have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, the Louvre, the National Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution, and are in the permanent collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His work has aired on HBO, Showtime, Netflix, PBS, and MTV.[3] A Sundance Institute and Tribeca Film Institute fellow, he has also directed non-fiction commercials for the American Cancer Society, Mercedes-Benz USA, and Google.[3]
His 1994 film Umbrellas, co-directed with Grahame Weinbren, won the Grand Prize at the Montreal World Film Festival. Variety called it "highly original and structurally flawless".[4] In 2000, Corra made George with his autistic son, which aired on HBO. The Village Voice described it as "an exceptionally intelligent and moving documentary" about "how we define normalcy".[2] His 2007 film NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell received an Emmy Award nomination.[3] Farewell to Hollywood (2014), co-directed with Regina Nicholson, won the Audience Award at EDOX 2013 and the Canon Cinematography Award at Planete + Doc.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Change of Heart | Co-director with Kate Hirson Aired on PBS/Nova |
| 1994 | Umbrellas | Co-director with Grahame Weinbren Grand Prize, Montreal World Film Festival; screened at Berlin International Film Festival |
| 2000 | George[2] | Co-director with Grahame Weinbren Aired on HBO |
| 2004 | Frames[6] | Co-director with Charlene Rule Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival |
| 2005 | Same Sex America | Co-director with Charlene Rule |
| 2007 | NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell | Emmy Award nomination |
| 2009 | Jack | Co-director with Eben Bull |
| 2010 | The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan | |
| 2010 | MTV True Life: I'm Ex-Amish[7] | MTV television special |
| 2014 | Farewell to Hollywood[8] | Co-director with Regina Nicholson Audience Award, EDOX 2013; Canon Cinematography Award, Planete + Doc |