Henry John Corra (born November 11, 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker best known for pioneering what he calls "living cinema".
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. 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.
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". 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". His 2007 film NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell received an Emmy Award nomination. Farewell to Hollywood (2014), co-directed with Regina Nicholson, won the Audience Award at EDOX 2013 and the Canon Cinematography Award at Planete + Doc.
Filmography Year Title Notes 1992 Change of Heart Co-director with Kate HirsonAired on PBS/Nova 1994 Umbrellas Co-director with Grahame WeinbrenGrand Prize, Montreal World Film Festival; screened at Berlin International Film Festival 2000 George Co-director with Grahame WeinbrenAired on HBO 2004 Frames Co-director with Charlene RulePremiered 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 MTV television special 2014 Farewell to Hollywood Co-director with Regina NicholsonAudience Award, EDOX 2013; Canon Cinematography Award, Planete + Doc
See also The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan
References
External links
Corra Films, Inc. Interview with Corra and editor Charlene Rule on Same Sex America
Corra Films on Facebook www.farewelltohollywood.com