Kirk Henderson is an author, screenwriter, art director, and filmmaker. He has written extensively about film and film music, with articles published in a variety of film magazines including Music from the Movies, Film Score Monthly, and Little Shoppe of Horrors. He has created concepts and/or art directed for Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic, and San Francisco's once vanguard of animation, Colossal Pictures. Mr. Henderson has won awards for his short films, including The Visage, currently re-licensed by Shorts Intl. Hollywood v. Beauty and the Synchronicity of the Six is his first book.