Director
Producer
writer
Sasha Leigh Henry is a writer, director, and producer. Her most recent film, Sinking Ship, penned by her creative partner Tania Thompson, debuted at TIFF 2020 and went on to win the 2021 Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Aspen Shortsfest.
Her film Bitches Love Brunch screened internationally before being acquired by CBC Gem. As a producer, Sasha has helped bring numerous films to screen, including Randall Okita’s Canadian Screen Award winner The Lockpicker, Kelly Fyffe-Marshall’s award-winning short film Black Bodies, and most recently Fyffe-Marshall’s debut feature, When Morning Comes. Sasha is currently in development with New Metric Media for an original comedy series, Bria Mack Gets a Life, about a millennial black woman and her imaginary hype girl. A frequent panellist and speaker, Sasha is also an alumna of POV 3rd Street, Black Women Film!, 2020’s TIFF Filmmaker Lab and a TIFF Netflix Talent Accelerator Fellow.