Seth Henderson

Henderson’s film practice and research are rooted in the complex relationship between local traditions and global phenomena. In particular, he is interested in exploring the interplay of context, film texts, and formal innovation within East Asian histories. At Duke Kunshan, his teaching interests range from Cinematography, Audio Documentary, and Screenwriting courses to Film Studies, and the Art of Interpretation: Images and Sound courses. He is an active member of the DKU Cinematic Futures filmmaking laboratory and is the co-founder and co-advisor of the student-led DKU Film Society.

He is an award-winning filmmaker with over twenty years of professional experience in fiction, non-fiction, and art installations and performances spanning the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong. His documentary films have been recognized by several international film awards and have been shown on PBS in the US. Henderson has sold two feature-length screenplays to production companies. His academic publications include ‘Colony in Crisis’ in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television (2024), and ‘Berita Singapura (1963-9) and Hong Kong Today (1967-73)’, a co-authored chapter in The British Official Film in South-East Asia: Malaya / Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong (2016). He has been a member of The D-Word society of documentary professionals, since 2018.

Henderson holds a PhD in Film Studies (documentary film in Hong Kong) and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in filmmaking.

Henderson的电影实践与研究植根于地方传统与全球现象之间的复杂关系。他特别着眼于东亚历史背景下语境、电影文本及形式创新之间的相互作用。在昆山杜克大学，他的教学兴趣涵盖从电影摄影、音频纪录片及剧本写作课程，到电影研究以及《阐释的艺术：影像与声音》等课程。他是昆山杜克大学“影视未来”电影实验室的活跃成员，同时也是由学生主导的DKU电影协会的共同创始人及导师。

Henderson是一位屡获殊荣的电影制片人，拥有20余年的专业经验，涉及虚构片、非虚构片以及跨越美国、日本和香港的艺术装置与表演领域。他的纪录片作品曾获得多项国际电影奖项，并曾在美国PBS电视台播出。亨德森还成功将两部长篇电影剧本出售给制片公司。他的学术出版物包括发表于《电影、广播与电视历史学刊》（2024年）的《危机中的殖民地》（Colony in Crisis），以及合著章节《“Berita Singapura (1963-9)” 与 “Hong Kong Today (1967-73)”》，收录于《英国官方电影在东南亚：马来亚/马来西亚、新加坡与香港》（2016年）。自2018年以来，他一直是纪录片专业人士协会“The D-Word”的成员。

Henderson拥有电影研究博士学位（研究方向：香港纪录片）以及电影制作的艺术硕士（MFA）学位。