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MalcolmHall

  • Director
  • Producer
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British-born Malcolm Hall moved from newspaper journalism into television, after emigrating downunder. Since then his career as a producer and director has seen him helming current affairs, comedy, children's TV, and varied documentaries which have screened around the globe. At the turn of the millennium, Hall began making television for company NHNZ.

Screenography

Emergency Medicine
2015 Co-Director Television
Xeno
2011 Co-Director Television
Colossal Squid
2008 Director, Producer Television
Man Made Marvels - Great Wall
2007 Director, Producer Television
Man Made Marvels - Shanghai Makeover
2007 Director Television

Biography

Malcolm Hall grew up in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent, before studying Psychology and Modern Languages at nearby Sheffield University. Plans to become a linguistics professor were soon abandoned, after he was offered a job writing for a medical publication in London. So began a busy journalism and broadcasting career that has now spanned more than 40 years. 

Awards

2006 Amazonas Film Festival (Documentary Festival, Brazil)
Wildlife Prize (shared with Rodrigo Astiz): Shark Rebellion

2004 New York Festivals
Bronze World Medal - Health/Medical Issues Section: Curse of the Elephant Man

“One thing I learned early in my filming career: if you smile while you’re shooting people, they’re far less likely to shoot back!”

— Malcolm Hall

Related images

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Malcolm Hall in front of the fortress at Jiayuguan, which marks the western end of the Great Wall of China. Hall was there as director and producer of the 'Great Wall' episode of Discovery Channel series Man Made Marvels.
Photo supplied by Malcolm Hall