Justin Joseph Hall

Justin Joseph Hall

Birth : 1986-08-26, Castle Air Force Base, California, United States of America

History

Justin is an independent film director and editor who's worked in Africa, Europe, North America, and South America on an array of documentary and narrative film projects including Prologue, Long Distance, Halfway Home: A Father's Story, and Abuela's Luck. He is a multi-linguist and songwriter in addition to his film work. He's finished principal photography on his first feature length documentary, Frames of Reference, a multi-continental effort that explores localized education across the globe.

Profile

Justin Joseph Hall
Justin Joseph Hall

Movies

Carol & Johnny
Co-Editor
Two of the most infamous bank robbers in American history, Carol Marie Williams and Johnny Madison Williams Jr., tell their love story in their own words.
Carol & Johnny
Sound Designer
Two of the most infamous bank robbers in American history, Carol Marie Williams and Johnny Madison Williams Jr., tell their love story in their own words.
Marcellus Hall an Artist in New York City
Editor
Marcellus Hall's vibrant illustrations can be found throughout well-known periodicals and books including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Time, and The Cow Loves Cookies (Simon & Schuster 2010). Also an indie musician with his bands Railroad Jerk (Matador Records), White Hassle (Glacial Pace Records), and his solo project, he starts his career in New York City and falls deeply in love with it, intoxicated by its never-ending inspirations and possibilities. He’s recorded the city as well as the ups and downs of his personal life for years through his art and music, which are featured seamlessly throughout episodes. This award winning short series documents his creative journey from being seven-years-old drawing pictures to a successful working artist, and all the stages in between.
Marcellus Hall an Artist in New York City
Cinematography
Marcellus Hall's vibrant illustrations can be found throughout well-known periodicals and books including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Time, and The Cow Loves Cookies (Simon & Schuster 2010). Also an indie musician with his bands Railroad Jerk (Matador Records), White Hassle (Glacial Pace Records), and his solo project, he starts his career in New York City and falls deeply in love with it, intoxicated by its never-ending inspirations and possibilities. He’s recorded the city as well as the ups and downs of his personal life for years through his art and music, which are featured seamlessly throughout episodes. This award winning short series documents his creative journey from being seven-years-old drawing pictures to a successful working artist, and all the stages in between.
Marcellus Hall an Artist in New York City
Director
Marcellus Hall's vibrant illustrations can be found throughout well-known periodicals and books including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Time, and The Cow Loves Cookies (Simon & Schuster 2010). Also an indie musician with his bands Railroad Jerk (Matador Records), White Hassle (Glacial Pace Records), and his solo project, he starts his career in New York City and falls deeply in love with it, intoxicated by its never-ending inspirations and possibilities. He’s recorded the city as well as the ups and downs of his personal life for years through his art and music, which are featured seamlessly throughout episodes. This award winning short series documents his creative journey from being seven-years-old drawing pictures to a successful working artist, and all the stages in between.
Prologue
Colorist
Prologue is a short film charged with secrets and terrible communication skills. It follows Julie, a young Italian woman living in Northern California who is perfectly happy in her marriage until she stops being able to go along with what her husband wants. With the unexpected help of an elderly stranger who thinks Julie is someone she is not, the young newlywed navigates how to live her truth.
Prologue
Editor
Prologue is a short film charged with secrets and terrible communication skills. It follows Julie, a young Italian woman living in Northern California who is perfectly happy in her marriage until she stops being able to go along with what her husband wants. With the unexpected help of an elderly stranger who thinks Julie is someone she is not, the young newlywed navigates how to live her truth.
Prologue
Director
Prologue is a short film charged with secrets and terrible communication skills. It follows Julie, a young Italian woman living in Northern California who is perfectly happy in her marriage until she stops being able to go along with what her husband wants. With the unexpected help of an elderly stranger who thinks Julie is someone she is not, the young newlywed navigates how to live her truth.
Halfway Home: A Father's Story
Colorist
A father exits prison and tries to integrate with his two children and girlfriend while living in a halfway house and on parole.
Halfway Home: A Father's Story
Editor
A father exits prison and tries to integrate with his two children and girlfriend while living in a halfway house and on parole.
To Be In Moab
Post Production Supervisor
Moab, Utah is known for it's breathtaking scenery, mountain climbing, hiking trails and roaring rivers, but for members of The Phoenix, a sober active community, the isolated landscape represents much more... Traveling from across the country, 200 members gather for an annual rejuvenating weekend of exercise, recovery and gratitude as they share their stories of what led them to be in Moab.
Silent Forests
Editor
This documentary takes audiences into the heart of Africa's Congo Basin to meet the men and women trying to save the forest elephant from extinction.
Abuela's Luck
Editor
Abuela's Luck is a story about appreciation and a lesson on luck. Some of us may not realize it, but luck can stem from our own past and have a direct affect on our future. We are introduced to Raymond, a 19 year-old Dominican-American who is asked by his Abuela to cash out what she assumes is a winning scratch off. Once at the bodega, we learn that Raymond has other plans in mind. And so does fate.
This Man Escaped the Iron Curtain by Zip Line
Robert Oswald
In 1986, Daniel Pohl was stuck in communist Czechoslovakia, looking for a way to escape life under totalitarian rule. His exit strategy was unusual, to say the least. After realizing that he could not rely on traditional forms of transport, Daniel chose to zip line his way to freedom. After teaming up with a physicist, the two devised a plan using a series of DIY pulleys. Thankfully, his journey proved to be mission possible as he successfully crossed the Iron Curtain, making a safe escape into Austria.
24 Hours in NY
Editor
A New Yorker is found at each hour of the day sleeping in situations he should not be. From the top of the Metropolitan Museum, Central Park, late night bars, and inside the Museum of Natural history he wakes up only to fall back asleep again in the middle of the bustling city.
24 Hours in NY
Music
A New Yorker is found at each hour of the day sleeping in situations he should not be. From the top of the Metropolitan Museum, Central Park, late night bars, and inside the Museum of Natural history he wakes up only to fall back asleep again in the middle of the bustling city.
24 Hours in NY
Director
A New Yorker is found at each hour of the day sleeping in situations he should not be. From the top of the Metropolitan Museum, Central Park, late night bars, and inside the Museum of Natural history he wakes up only to fall back asleep again in the middle of the bustling city.
24 Hours in NY
New York citizen
A New Yorker is found at each hour of the day sleeping in situations he should not be. From the top of the Metropolitan Museum, Central Park, late night bars, and inside the Museum of Natural history he wakes up only to fall back asleep again in the middle of the bustling city.
Life on Parole
Associate Editor
Follow former prisoners through the challenges of their first year on parole. With unique access, the film goes inside the effort to change the way parole works in Connecticut and reduce the number of people returning to prison.
2017 People's Climate March in Washington D.C.
Editor
In a vérité documentary from April 29th, 2017, Nolan Gould states over communal drums that climate change will change access to clean water and air. As the camera marches with the people including a NASA retiree, Oklahoma protesters, Al Gore, and veterans. The film ends with three prompts: Reduce Consumption, Recruit Likeminded Individuals, and Share How Climate Change Affects You.
2017 People's Climate March in Washington D.C.
Cinematography
In a vérité documentary from April 29th, 2017, Nolan Gould states over communal drums that climate change will change access to clean water and air. As the camera marches with the people including a NASA retiree, Oklahoma protesters, Al Gore, and veterans. The film ends with three prompts: Reduce Consumption, Recruit Likeminded Individuals, and Share How Climate Change Affects You.
2017 People's Climate March in Washington D.C.
Director
In a vérité documentary from April 29th, 2017, Nolan Gould states over communal drums that climate change will change access to clean water and air. As the camera marches with the people including a NASA retiree, Oklahoma protesters, Al Gore, and veterans. The film ends with three prompts: Reduce Consumption, Recruit Likeminded Individuals, and Share How Climate Change Affects You.
Rock and a Hard Place
Assistant Editor
A look at the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Boot Camp Program, which allows young inmates undergo a strict six-week course in order to learn from their past mistakes and make a better future for themselves.
Long Distance
Man
Long Distance
Sound Designer
Long Distance
Director
Long Distance
Colorist
Long Distance
Editor
Long Distance
Director of Photography
Biafra
Editor
An unnamed graffiti artist produces a new piece in the biting cold of Minneapolis. Despite the illegality of his medium and the harshness of his environment, the film captures why the artist chooses to create on his own terms.
Yeon-Gi
Colorist
As she mimics every facing strangers, Chihiro develops her ego, like a fish jumping above the water, the instant and vanishing. When she faces herself, then what would happens?
Yeon-Gi
Editor
As she mimics every facing strangers, Chihiro develops her ego, like a fish jumping above the water, the instant and vanishing. When she faces herself, then what would happens?
Soulmate
Editor
An artist draws the scenes to the lyrics at pace with the song.
Soulmate
Cinematography
An artist draws the scenes to the lyrics at pace with the song.
Soulmate
Colorist
An artist draws the scenes to the lyrics at pace with the song.
Soulmate
Director
An artist draws the scenes to the lyrics at pace with the song.
Sardines out of a Can
Colorist
Sardines Out Of A Can is a semi-romantic comedy following Puja, a single, eccentric, grad school dropout who with the help of her friends and a smart-phone is on a quest to find the perfect 'roommate.'
Sardines out of a Can
Editor
Sardines Out Of A Can is a semi-romantic comedy following Puja, a single, eccentric, grad school dropout who with the help of her friends and a smart-phone is on a quest to find the perfect 'roommate.'
Sardines out of a Can
Cinematography
Sardines Out Of A Can is a semi-romantic comedy following Puja, a single, eccentric, grad school dropout who with the help of her friends and a smart-phone is on a quest to find the perfect 'roommate.'
Icehouse
Editor
Strange things afoot on this frozen little lake.