Biography
Kirk Hendry is a New Zealand-born, London-based film director working in both live-action and animation.
He directed the animated short Junk (2011) and co-directed the feature Kensuke's Kingdom (2023) with Neil Boyle. The latter, an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s novel with a voice cast including Sally Hawkins, Cillian Murphy and Ken Watanabe, premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Children’s & Family Film.
Hendry previously worked in visual effects, including on an episode of The Simpsons (2014), and in additional crew roles on the television series The Net (1995–1997).
