The McHenry Brothers are Edward Alexander McHenry (born August 25, 1983) and Rory Patrick McHenry (born 14 July 1987), siblings known professionally as the McHenry Brothers, are award winning British film directors and screen writers.

Personal life

Edward and Rory are the eldest of four sons whose father, David McHenry is a production designer and mother, Maureen Bennett is an actress. Edward and Rory grew up in London and then Gloucestershire. They started collaborating on short films at a very young age and produced a trilogy of short films called A Baptism of Fire using action figures. Edward studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing at Oxford University.

Work

Their debut feature Jackboots on Whitehall

Jackboots on Whitehall

Jackboots on Whitehall is a satirical film portraying an alternate history of the Second World War, in which Nazi Germany has seized London, causing the British to band together at Hadrian's Wall if they are to thwart the German invasion...

, a World War Two spoof adventure animation starring Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

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, Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike

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 and Timothy Spall, premiered at the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival in May 2010 and opened the 2010 London Raindance Film festival

In October 2010 the brothers completed The Commuter
, a short film starring Dev Patel

Dev Patel

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, Charles Dance

Charles Dance

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, Ed Westwick

Ed Westwick

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 and Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson

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. The Commuter was shot in HD using the Nokia N8

Nokia N8

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 smartphone

Won

• 2010 Sitges Film Festival 'Gertie' Award - "Best Animated Feature Film" - Jackboots On Whitehall

Nominated

• 2010 British Independent Film Awards - "Raindance Award" - Jackboots On Whitehall

Special Mention

• 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival - Best of British Category - Jackboots On Whitehall

External links

• Watch The Commuter