Kyle Henry

Department of Radio/Television/Film

Kyle Henry's feature narrative directing debut Room premiered at both the Sundance and Cannes film festivals in 2005, and was nominated for two FIND Independent Spirit Awards. His feature documentary University Inc., about the corporatization of higher education, and American Cowboy, about a gay rodeo champ, received wide festival play, with the former touring colleges and universities through the country as part of Michael Moore and Richard Linklater’s The McCollege Tour. Henry is also the editor of the Sundance/Tribeca/SXSW award-winning feature narrative Manito and seven documentary features including: Audience of One, Light from the East, the PBS/ITVS-funded Troop 1500, and Letters from the Other Side. He is currently editing the second PBS/ITVS documentary by Northwestern alumna Heather Courtney (J89), Where the Soldiers Come From, slated for release in 2011. His short film Fourplay: Tampa premiered at the Cannes Film Festivals' Directors' Fortnight section in 2011 and played at Sundance 2012. His Fourplay feature film, executive produced by Michael Stipe and Jim McKay, will be released in early 2012. Henry has also created content and worked as a consultant for numerous corporate partners and non-profits and has lectured in the Radio-TV-Film department at the University of Texas-Austin.

Education

MFA	Film Production, University of Texas, Austin
BA and BFA	Art History and History, Rice University

RECENT AWARDS + HONORS

• Best Editing – 2011 SXSW Film Festival for Where Soldiers Come From
• Young Critics Prize – 2011 Janela Int'l Film Festival
• Jury High Commendation – 2011 Iris Prize Film Festival for Fourplay: San Francisco
• Best Narrative short – 2011 NewFest Film Festival for Fourplay: San Francisco
• 2010 Sundance Institute Doc Story and Edit Lab Fellow

COURSES

RTVF 190 Media Construction
RTVF 372 Editing
RTVF 379 Topics in Production: Producing
RTVF 379 Topics in Production: Finishing
RTVF 392 Documentary Production:  Place-Based Documentary