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.