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Robert Hensley

Robert Hensley

Owner at Robert Hensley Creative
Director, Filmmaker, Makeup Artist, Producer and Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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November 2018
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About Robert

Robert is an award-winning content creator, based in Los Angeles.

Born and raised in the lush Laurel Highlands of rural southwestern Pennsylvania, Robert excelled in the arts, developing a keen interest in working with actors. In 2018, he was honored by Uniontown Area High School with an induction into their Arts, Academics and Athletics Hall of Fame.

Robert's twenty-or-more-year career in the entertainment industry began in fashion styling and costume design, later transitioning to makeup. Over the last ten-or-so years, he has begun to focus more on writing and content creation.

As a costume designer, his work has included designs for contemporary ballets and off-Broadway plays, including the world premiere of Gatsby in Hollywood by Joshua Rebell was nominated for Best Costumes at the 2003 Garland Awards. As a makeup artist, his talent and skills with cosmetics have allowed him to travel and create styles for some of the most famous faces in the world for red carpets, magazine covers, television shows, and on film. Robert was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on Season Four of Kit Williamson's Eastsiders.

A dare led Robert to write his first play, The Dark Sisters, a short adaptation of a Grimm Brothers' fairy tale, which was originally produced as part of George Larkin's Grimm Fest at the MET Theatre in Los Angeles in 2003, and was later published as part of a Grimm Fest anthology by JAC Publishing. His next play, the full-length dark comedy Turning Out, was produced in Los Angeles by the Blank Theatre Company, and was also published by JAC. He later self-published a collection of short plays, Death, Life and a Creme Filled Center, which had been produced as a staged reading at Anthony Meindl's Meta Theatre.

His first self-published work of fiction was the YA novella, Leo's Love Story, an LGBT-themed, sci-fi teen romance. It was nominated for the YA Fiction Award at the 2013 Los Angeles Book Awards. He most recently published a collection of short screenplays, Short Attention Span.

Robert's first screenplay, the short film Texas Toast, was produced by Alyson Fouse and directed by Chane't Johnson. Since then, he has written, directed and produced numerous short films, including the psychological thriller Birth Mother, the supernatural drama A Moment, the family drama A Mother's Love. His short films, The Taste of Salt, a relationship drama, and Homewrecker, a genre thriller, both screened at numerous international festivals and won multiple awards. Robert's first feature film, Family Affair, which was completed during the pandemic lockdown, is now in festivals and winning awards.

Robert works as talent producer and host for Tony Sweet's Truth Be Told media collective, hosting Monday afternoon's Truth Be Told Minuteman Report. He is creating a new, beauty-based series Face Value, launching in early 2022. He is also currently attached to direct the romantic comedy, Roasted, from a screenplay he wrote, which was optioned by Leonian Pictures.

Gender:
Male
Height:
5' 11"
Body type:
Heavyset
Hair:
Short
Hair color:
Brown
Eyes:
Green
Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Robert Hensley - Directing Reel 2017
FAMILY AFFAIR - feature film trailer

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  • Fair Play

    Fair Play Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Drama Climbing the corporate ladder can be treacherous. A young man, fresh out of an ivy league school, is quickly promoted within his new corporate home, but not everyone finds it fair. One young woman isn't content to stay in his shadow and seeks revenge. 

  • Threat at the Lake

    Threat at the Lake Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi ⋄ Horror People are dying at Laurel Knob Lake, a popular tousist destination, and Sheriff Rayline Cline has never seen anything like these animal attacks. They find evidence of toxic mine run-off and the mutation it's caused in a native amphibian species. Tourist season is coming and time is running out to eradicate the threat at the lake. 

  • Haunt Hunters

    Haunt Hunters Budget: $100K - $1M | Horror ⋄ Comedy Paranormal forces growing and forcing us closer to the end of days. An elite team of invetigators, working for a secret government agency, work to maintain balance before time runs out. Can they save the day while under budgetary review?

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Awards

  • Virgin Springs Film Festival - FAMILY AFFAIR - Best Narrative Feature
    (2021)

  • Virgin Springs Film Festival - FAMILY AFFAIR - Best Director
    (2021)

  • Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards - FAMILY AFFAIR - Best LGBTQ Feature
    (2021)

  • Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards - FAMILY AFFAIR - Best Director
    (2021)

  • Paris Cinema Awards - FAMILY AFFAIR - Best LGBTQ Feature
    (2021)

  • Vesuvius International Film Festival - FAMILY AFFAIR - Best Director
    (2021)

  • V.i.Z. Film Fest - FAMILY AFFAIR - Best Feature
    (2021)

  • Multi Dimension Independent Film Fest - FAMILY AFFAIR - Best LGBTQ Feature
    (2021)

  • 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards - Nominee - EASTSIDERS - Best Makeup
    (2020)

  • Short CineFest - HOMEWRECKER - Best Horror/Thriller Film
    (2019)

  • IndieX Film Fest - CEMETERY TALES: TALE OF TWO SISTERS - Best Makeup and Hairstyling
    (2018)

  • Direct Monthly Online Film Festival - HOMEWRECKER - Best LGBT Film
    (2018)

  • Silicon Beach Film Festival - THE TASTE OF SALT - Best Production Design
    (2017)

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