---
name: "Perry Henzell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/perry-henzell"
fi1m_id: "perry-henzell"
imdb_id: "nm0378320"
tmdb_id: 52837
wikidata_id: "Q3375631"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "7 March 1936"
died: "30 November 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-26T17:47:48.282468+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."
---

# Perry Henzell

## Identity

Perry Henzell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/perry-henzell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** perry-henzell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0378320
- **TMDB ID:** 52837
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3375631
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Henzell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3375631, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52837

Producer and director. Born 7 March 1936 in Annotto Bay, St. Mary's, Jamaica. Died 30 November 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 7 March 1936, Annotto Bay, St. Mary's, Jamaica
- **Died:** 30 November 2006
- **Also known as:** 페리 헨젤
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Henzell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3375631, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52837

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Harder They Come*](https://film.one/film/the-harder-they-come.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Perry Henzell was a Jamaican film director, writer and producer. He directed, co-wrote with Trevor D. Rhone and produced *The Harder They Come* (1972), the first Jamaican feature film, which starred Jimmy Cliff and helped introduce reggae music internationally.

Born in Annotto Bay, Jamaica, Henzell was educated at Shrewsbury School in England and briefly attended McGill University in Canada. He worked as a stagehand at the BBC in London before returning to Jamaica, where he directed commercials. After the success of his debut feature, he wrote two novels, *Power Game* (1982) and *Cane* (2003). He died in Treasure Beach, Jamaica.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Harder They Come* (1972), Fi1m 80, Producer, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-harder-they-come.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *No Place Like Home: Redux* (2019), Director
- *Man Free* (2011), Actor
- *No Place Like Home* (2006), as Radio Announcer · Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Harder They Come* (1972), Producer, Director, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-harder-they-come.md)

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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/perry-henzell