Henry Corra:

Henry Corra is a New York City based documentary filmmaker best known for his highly acclaimed, award-winning films Umbrellas (1995), George (2000), Frames (2004), Same Sex America (2005) and the Emmy-nominated film NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell (2007). Corra's work is influenced by cinema verité filmmakers David and Albert Maysles ("Salesman", "Grey Gardens", "Gimme Shelter") whom he collaborated with from 1981 - 1994. In 1994 Corra launched his own production company, Corra Films Inc. Corra Films, located in the heart of downtown Manhattan, draws on the talents of some of New York's most innovative and original filmmakers, editors, artists, musicians and designers who share a commitment to exploring and expanding the boundaries of documentary film language and the nonfiction narrative approach.

Corra's films have been exhibited worldwide in theatrical venues in New York City, San Francisco, Paris and Berlin, and in broadcast venues including HBO, SHOWTIME, LOGO, CBS, PBS, VH1, ARTE and CHANNEL 4. His work has also been exhibited in museum and cultural venues internationally including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, THE LOUVRE in Paris and THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC as well as the Pacific Film Archives in San Francisco.

He has done episodic TV projects for broadcasters including VH1, MTV , BRAVO, and Sundance Channel and he's been singled out as one of the foremost director's of reality TV commercials in America creating highly successful campaigns for clients ranging from Papa Johns, AARP, Mercedes, Master Card, Gateway Computers, Proctor and Gamble, SC Johnson, Reebok, McDonalds and Ford.

Corra just launched his latest feature doc THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MCKINLEY NOLAN (2010), which Collin Parker of The Examiner describes as "instantly one of the most moving and utterly compelling documentaries of recent years.” Corra is currently in production on two features (working titles THE TORAH PROJECT and THE REGINA PROJECT) and a number of non-fiction TV series.