Perry Henzell was born on March 7, 1936 in Port Maria, St. Mary, Jamaica. He was a director and writer, known for The Harder They Come (1972), No Place Like Home (2006) and Camera Three (1955). He was married to Sally Densham. He died on November 30, 2006 in Treasure Beach, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
Educated at Shrewsbury School and McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
In 1988 he produced a musical based on the life of Marcus Garvey which ran
for a short time at the Ward Theatre, Kingston, Jamaica.
The Jamaican premiere of his second film No Place Like Home (2006) , which was discovered
and finished by Henzell almost 30 years after he began filming, took
place the day after his death.