Henry Corra

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Henry Corra
A handsome man with gray hair and glasses squints as he looks through a video camera's viewfinder while filming
Born (1955-11-11) November 11, 1955 (age 70)
United States
OccupationFilm director

Henry John Corra (born November 11, 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker best known for pioneering what he calls "living cinema".[1][2]

Career

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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

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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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Henry Corra – Filmography – Movies & TV". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Wertheimer, Ron (July 10, 2000). "Television Review; When a Father's Aversion Succumbs to Love for a Brilliant but Very Different Son". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "History". Corra Films. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  4. ^ Feinstein, Howard (February 21, 1994). "Review: Umbrellas". Variety.
  5. ^ "Farewell to Hollywood". Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  6. ^ "Interview with Corra and Editor Charlene Rule on Same Sex America". New England Film. April 2005. Archived from the original on September 7, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  7. ^ "MTV True Life: I'm Ex-Amish". IMDb. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  8. ^ "Farewell to Hollywood". Retrieved October 20, 2025.
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