---
name: "Kirk Hendry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kirk-hendry"
fi1m_id: "kirk-hendry"
imdb_id: "nm3742948"
tmdb_id: 2240614
wikidata_id: "Q126075027"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:33:09.206080+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kirk Hendry

## Identity

Kirk Hendry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kirk-hendry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kirk-hendry
- **IMDb ID:** nm3742948
- **TMDB ID:** 2240614
- **Wikidata ID:** Q126075027
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126075027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3742948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2240614

Director. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126075027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3742948/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2240614

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Kensuke's Kingdom*](https://film.one/film/kensukes-kingdom.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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).

*Sources: imdb.com, kirkhendry.com, en.wikipedia.org, luxfilmfest.lu, odt.co.nz.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kensuke's Kingdom* (2024), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/kensukes-kingdom.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kensuke's Kingdom* (2024), Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/kensukes-kingdom.md)
- *Dancing on Ice* (2019), Animation, Director
- *Junk* (2011), Director, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/kirk-hendry