Biography
Joseph Henson is an experienced producer, writer and director of numerous film, television and stage productions for over 30 years.
Feature films include The Jungle Book (Co-Writer/Co-Director) Hercules Houdini Holmes (Co-Writer/Director) Court of Appeals (Writer/Director) The Invisible Man (Producer/Writer/Lead Director), The Enchanted Cottage (Lead Director, Producer Writer, Winner F.A.M.E. US International Film Fest, Riverside International Film Festival, Noho International Film Festival), Lady Windermere's Fan (Producer, Lead Director), Woman in Black (Producer), Shadows (Producer, Director, Writer).
His television producing credits for Showtime include Ian Bagg: Getting to F**king Know You, Monique Marvez: Not Skinny, Not Blonde, Bill Belamy's Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour, Melanie Cormarcho: Hello!, Anthony Clark: Ambiguous, Steve Trevino: Grandpa Joe's Son, Willie Barcena: I Gotta Be Honest, Jay Mohr: Funny for a Girl, Rita Rudner and 3 potential ex-husbands, Snoop Dogg presents The Bad Girls of Comedy, Louie Anderson Presents, Caroline Rhea & Friends, Tom Arnold: That's my Story and I'm Sticking to it, The Payaso Comedy Slam, The Latin Divas of Comedy.
Writing credits for feature films, The Invisible Man, The Enchanted Cottage (Anthony Rhine co-author) and Shadows Anthony Rhine (co-author), Hercules Houdini Holmes, The Jungle Book, (Meghan Counts Co-Author)
For stage Joseph authored scripts for Love and Romance Six Feet Apart. Love and Romance Living in Lockdown, Mermaids (Anthony Rhine co-author) for (MGM On Stage) Zorro Live (Anthony Rhine co-author) with Zorro Productions Inc. Zoot Suit Riot (tour), Caution, Men at Work:Tap (national/international tours), La Bamba The Ritchie Valens Story, The Secret Garden, Cinderella, Paris (Ashley Evenson co-author) The Snow Queen (Ashley Evenson co-author) American Hot Wax, Titanic (musical).
Producing and directing credits for over 400 stage productions include, Disney's Little Mermaid, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kodak Theatre) Pirates of Penzance (National Tour) HMS Pinafore (National Tour) The Mikado (National Tour), Richard Paul Evans The Christmas Box (National Tour) Little Shop of Horrors (National Tour) Caution: Men at Work: Tap (National/International Tour, The Will Rogers Follies (National Tour) Green Day's American Idiot, The Producers, The Diary of Anne Frank, Grease, Cirque Apogee, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Disney's Mary Poppins and hundreds of others.
Joseph is the creator/writer of the comic book series The Heroes of Echo Company (Geeky Award top 10 comic of the year), Hercules Houdini Holmes, and Love and Romance Six Feet Apart.