Doug McHenry

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Doug McHenry is an American film director and producer. He graduated from Stanford University in 1973 with a degree in Economics, and from Harvard University with a degree in law and business administration. He worked for film producer Peter Guber at Casablanca Records before starting his own production company "Elephant Walk Entertainment" with partner George Jackson. He directed Jason's Lyric starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Allen Payne, and Forest Whitaker. His production company has produced many prominent films, including New Jack City, Jason's Lyric, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and the series of House Party films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug McHenry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

House Party 2 (1991)

Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry  •  George Jackson
CAST:  Martin Lawrence  •  Christopher Martin  •  Christopher Reid  •  Paul Anthony

Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry  •  George Jackson
CAST:  Martin Lawrence  •  Christopher Martin  •  Christopher Reid  •  Paul Anthony

Jason's Lyric (1994)

ViolentDarkDramaticHeartbreaking

The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry
CAST:  Allen Payne  •  Jada Pinkett Smith  •  Bokeem Woodbine  •  Eddie Griffin

The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry
CAST:  Allen Payne  •  Jada Pinkett Smith  •  Bokeem Woodbine  •  Eddie Griffin

Kingdom Come (2001)

When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry
CAST:  LL Cool J  •  Jada Pinkett Smith  •  Loretta Devine  •  Anthony Anderson

When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry
CAST:  LL Cool J  •  Jada Pinkett Smith  •  Loretta Devine  •  Anthony Anderson

Keep the Faith, Baby (2002)

Harry J. Lennix stars as trailblazing and controversial African-American congressman and Civil Rights activist Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who started out as a preacher in Harlem and then went on to deal with such issues as the integration of schools in the 1940s and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry
CAST:  Harry Lennix  •  Vanessa Williams  •  J. Winston Carroll

Harry J. Lennix stars as trailblazing and controversial African-American congressman and Civil Rights activist Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who started out as a preacher in Harlem and then went on to deal with such issues as the integration of schools in the 1940s and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry
CAST:  Harry Lennix  •  Vanessa Williams  •  J. Winston Carroll

Borrowed Moments (2015)

Melissa and Ben Brenner have been simply going through the motions as a married couple, until the day Ben's world is turned upside down when he serendipitously meets the woman of his dreams, and they both are forced to face their future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry
CAST:  Brian Krause  •  Vanessa Marcil  •  Nicky Whelan  •  C. Thomas Howell

Melissa and Ben Brenner have been simply going through the motions as a married couple, until the day Ben's world is turned upside down when he serendipitously meets the woman of his dreams, and they both are forced to face their future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug McHenry
CAST:  Brian Krause  •  Vanessa Marcil  •  Nicky Whelan  •  C. Thomas Howell