Director and Writer Greg Hall has been working in the world of indie cinema since his no-budget feature debut The Plague (2004) received the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Scholarship from Mike Leigh who described it as
“Serious, funny, witty, real, surreal and totally anarchic. Very exciting 21st century cinema”. It screened at the 48th London Film Festival, toured as part of the BFI Sutherland Trophy Tour 2005 and was broadcast on the BBC. Hall's films have a raw, gritty vision with a dogged D.I.Y determination, having directed six low budget feature films, four short films and one feature length documentary. His independent imprint Broke But Making Films (BBMF) which self-distributed some of his work attracted the patronage of Director Barney Platts-Mills who said
“Thank God for BBMF treading the path of genuine independence”.
Greg Hall’s work often deals with themes of poverty, mental health, drug abuse, critiquing the British class system and is led by working class voices with improvisational qualities, steeped in a strong sense of London authenticity. He has written guest posts online for The Guardian Film Blog, BBC Film Network, Chris Jones (Guerilla Film Makers Handbook) and Raindance Film Festival. Featured interviews include Shooting People (Ben Blaine's Blog), Digital Film Makers Magazine, The Times Online, Exit 6 Film Festival and Cinesud.nl.
As a writer his latest feature script, crime thriller Villain (2020) was distributed by Vertigo in the UK, it was the New York Times Critics Pick of the Week and Number 1 for films on Netflix UK on its release. As a director Hall’s latest short film Baby Boy (2021) had its World Premiere at the Bafta / Bifa qualifying Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival, it was broadcast on Channel 4 and streamed on All4 as part of the festival. It received Best Actor Award at the Bafta qualifying British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) 2021.
You can find out more about his work at
www.directorgreghall.com
