Chris Henchy

Chris Henchy
Henchy in 2010, promoting The Other Guys
Born	Christopher Thomas Henchy (1964-03-23) March 23, 1964 (age 60)[1] New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	University of New Mexico (B.S.)
Occupation(s)	Film director, film producer, screenwriter
Spouse	Brooke Shields ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Christopher Thomas Henchy (born March 23, 1964)^[1] is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for being a creative collaborator with Will Ferrell, including co-creating the website Funny or Die and writing several Ferrell films, including Land of the Lost, The Other Guys and The Campaign.

Henchy was born on March 23, 1964^[1] in New York City, to Patricia and Michael Henchy, Ret. Col.^[2][3] He was raised in Augusta, Georgia, and attended Saint Mary on the Hill Catholic School.^[4][5] He graduated from Friendswood High School.^[6] He attended the University of New Mexico, where he received a B.S. degree in finance^[6][7] and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter.

After graduation, Henchy moved to New York City and worked on Wall Street.^{[citation needed]} He later left his job and decided to work in comedy.^{[citation needed]} He was hired by MTV and later wrote monologue jokes for Garry Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show.^{[citation needed]}

Henchy went on to write for Campus Cops in 1996.^{[citation needed]} After writing for a few television specials and some guest-writing stints on series, Henchy created and produced the television series Battery Park in 2000, which starred Elizabeth Perkins.^{[citation needed]}

Henchy was a writer and producer for television sitcoms Spin City and Life With Bonnie.^[8] He created the sitcom I'm with Her with Marco Pennette, which was loosely based on Henchy's relationship with wife Brooke Shields.^[9][10] The show was cancelled by ABC after one season. Henchy later became the co-executive producer of Entourage^[11] and a producer on HBO's Eastbound & Down. He, along with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, created the website Funny or Die.^[12][13] Henchy produced The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard.^[5] He is credited as a writer of the 2009 film Land of the Lost,^[5] The Other Guys and The Campaign which he also co-produced. In 2018, Henchy was announced to be directing a feature-length film for the television series Impractical Jokers with production work by Funny or Die.^[14] It was released in February 2020 under the name Impractical Jokers: The Movie.

Henchy met actress Brooke Shields in 1999 on the Warner Bros lot.^[9] They became engaged in July 2000 while on vacation in Mexico and married on April 4, 2001.^[3] They have two daughters, Rowan Henchy and Grier Henchy. They reside in Greenwich Village, New York City.^[15]

Henchy serves on the Creative Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization.^[16]

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