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John Henderson | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 75–76) England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Film director |
John Henderson is an English film and television director (born in England, 1949). [1]
After leaving advertising, Henderson's first directing job was for Spitting Image on ITV, which won him a BAFTA nomination. Henderson's other television credits include the multi-award-winning double series The Borrowers , winner of two BAFTAs, the 1999 Comic Relief Doctor Who skit The Curse of Fatal Death (no credit was given to him upon broadcast; however, he was credited and interviewed when the story was released on VHS later that year); two series of the comedy How Do You Want Me? starring Dylan Moran, two series of the BBC sci-fi comedy Hyperdrive, Saxondale , Benidorm and Shameless, amongst others. He has also directed several feature films including Loch Ness , Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis , Two Men Went to War and Mee-Shee: The Water Giant . He also co-wrote the family-based feature film The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby , released in 2005. Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival. [2] He directed the film Up All Night based on the CBBC show Friday Download . He has over 250 credits as writer, producer or director in film and TV and his work has won some thirty international awards to date.
