From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Perry Henzell (March 7, 1936, Annotto Bay, St. Mary's, Jamaica – November 30, 2006, Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth's, Jamaica) was most famous for being the director of the first Jamaican feature film, The Harder They Come (1972), starring Jimmy Cliff. Description above from the Wikipedia article Perry Henzell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​