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James Alan Hensz

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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James Alan Hensz
James Alan Hensz is known for Modern Family (2009), Life in Pieces (2015) and LA to Vegas (2018).
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    Known for

    Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
    Modern Family
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director(as Jim Hensz)
    James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Colin Hanks, Thomas Sadoski, Betsy Brandt, Zoe Lister-Jones, Dan Bakkedahl, Angelique Cabral, Holly J. Barrett, Giselle Eisenberg, and Niall Cunningham in Life in Pieces (2015)
    Life in Pieces
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director(as Jim Hensz)
    Dylan McDermott, Peter Stormare, Nathan Lee Graham, Kim Matula, Ed Weeks, and Olivia Macklin in LA to Vegas (2018)
    LA to Vegas
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director(as Jim Hensz)
    Reno 911! (2003)
    Reno 911!
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • Reno 911! (2003)
      Reno 911!
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Colin Hanks, Thomas Sadoski, Betsy Brandt, Zoe Lister-Jones, Dan Bakkedahl, Angelique Cabral, Holly J. Barrett, Giselle Eisenberg, and Niall Cunningham in Life in Pieces (2015)
      Life in Pieces
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2017–2019
    • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
      Modern Family
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2013–2019
    • Dylan McDermott, Peter Stormare, Nathan Lee Graham, Kim Matula, Ed Weeks, and Olivia Macklin in LA to Vegas (2018)
      LA to Vegas
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2018
    • John Larroquette, Bobby Moynihan, and Jack Dylan Grazer in Me, Myself and I (2017)
      Me, Myself and I
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2017
    • John Stamos, Layla Golfieri, and Emelia Golfieri in Grandfathered (2015)
      Grandfathered
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2016

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Reno 911! (2003)
      Reno 911!
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2008–2022
    • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
      Modern Family
      8.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2009–2016
    • John Stamos, Layla Golfieri, and Emelia Golfieri in Grandfathered (2015)
      Grandfathered
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2015
    • Katherine Heigl and Patrick Wilson in Home Sweet Hell (2015)
      Home Sweet Hell
      5.5
      • first assistant director (as James Allen Hensz)
      • 2015
    • Hell Baby (2013)
      Hell Baby
      4.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2013
    • Kevin Bacon, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Patrick, John Patrick Amedori, Katherine LaNasa, Frances O'Connor, Shawnee Smith, Ray Stevenson, Ron White, Marshall Allman, Carissa Fowler, and Karli Barnett in Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)
      Jayne Mansfield's Car
      6.2
      • first assistant director
      • second unit director
      • 2012
    • Richard Dreyfuss and Nia Vardalos in My Life in Ruins (2009)
      My Life in Ruins
      5.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2009
    • Miley Cyrus in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
      Hannah Montana: The Movie
      4.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2009
    • photograph copyright ABC Television 2007
      Cavemen
      4.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2007
    • Balls of Fury (2007)
      Balls of Fury
      5.4
      • first assistant director: second unit (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2007
    • Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan (2006)
      Black Snake Moan
      6.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2006
    • Jessica Simpson, Dane Cook, and Dax Shepard in Employee of the Month (2006)
      Employee of the Month
      5.6
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 2006
    • Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, and John Robinson in Lords of Dogtown (2005)
      Lords of Dogtown
      7.1
      • first assistant director
      • 2005
    • David Caruso, Eva LaRue, Rex Linn, Omar Benson Miller, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, and Jonathan Togo in CSI: Miami (2002)
      CSI: Miami
      6.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2004–2005
    • Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, and Jerry Ferrara in Entourage (2004)
      Entourage
      8.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Jim Hensz)
      • 2004

    Additional Crew

    • Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman in The Quick and the Dead (1995)
      The Quick and the Dead
      6.5
      • set production assistant (as Jim Hensz)
      • 1995
    • Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
      The Hudsucker Proxy
      7.2
      • set production assistant (as Jim Hensz)
      • 1994
    • Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993)
      Tombstone
      7.8
      • set production assistant
      • 1993
    • Milla Jovovich, Rory Cochrane, Sasha Jenson, and Jason London in Dazed and Confused (1993)
      Dazed and Confused
      7.6
      • key set production assistant (as Jim Hensz)
      • 1993
    • Simple Men (1992)
      Simple Men
      7.1
      • production assistant (as Jim Hensz)
      • 1992
    • Hard Promises (1991)
      Hard Promises
      5.5
      • production assistant
      • 1991
    • The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
      The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
      5.9
      • production assistant
      • 1991

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      • James Allen Hensz

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