ROBERT HENRY BIO

Robert Henry is a Los Angeles–based writer, director, and producer whose work explores the intersections of identity, emotional labor, and creative survival within Black and queer communities. As founder of KING HENRY FILMS, he has written and directed shorts including SCORED (2025), To Raise a Child (2018), and Ollie’s Luck (2014), with selections at festivals such as Toronto Black Film Festival, Capital City Black Film Festival, DUMBO Film Festival, and San Francisco Black Film Festival, and more.

His films are known for their layered storytelling, sound-driven style, and commitment to centering marginalized voices. Alongside filmmaking, Robert brings a strong professional background in public relations— securing coverage in mainstream media outlets including Forbes, CNN, and Bloomberg, and leading strategic campaigns for clients in the AI, blockchain, and emerging tech industries. This dual foundation in storytelling and communications informs his creative process, allowing him to craft cinema that resonates emotionally, socially, and strategically. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, with a minor in Media Arts from Long Island University, Brooklyn.

His passion for writing led to directing “OLLIE'S LUCK”, which he also wrote and completed in July of 2014. The short film was released via Vimeo and YouTube on December 5, 2014 with rave reviews! 

His second short film, "TO RAISE A CHILD" premiered at the San Francisco Black Film Festival in June 2018. The short film has also been selected by the Capital City Black Film Festival, DUMBO Film Festival and the Toronto Black Film Festival. During post-production of the film, Robert relocated to Los Angeles, California in 2018 and he continues to pursue filmmaking and public relations.

His latest short film, SCORED, is a 17-minute narrative drama about Jacob, a young Black sound engineer in Los Angeles, who is creatively blocked, emotionally unraveling, and haunted by grief. Tasked with finishing a score for a demanding director, Jacob’s internal pressure intensifies as he navigates both romantic detachment and unresolved trauma. Built with restraint and sound-first storytelling, SCORED is a meditation on burnout, vulnerability, and the question of how we continue to create when we’re barely holding ourselves together. It’s a film about the sounds we make when we’re trying not to fall apart. The film premiered at the 2025 Lake County Film Festival, and is currently making its round in the film festival circuit.

SCORED was funded without grants or investors—made possible instead by Robert’s own graduate school financial aid refund checks and over 700 Instacart grocery deliveries completed across Los Angeles. Every dollar of the film represents labor, faith, and persistence. And like Jacob’s journey in the film, SCORED is a quiet rebellion: against invisibility, against emotional silencing, and against the idea that our most intimate stories don’t deserve the spotlight.

Updated: September 2025