About James

James Dew Hall (pronounced doo-hawl, unhyphenated) is an electric, passionate, respectful, and collaborative filmmaker, freelance editor, freelance sound designer, and production sound mixer and operator, specializing in enhancing narrative and commercial storytelling to engage target audiences and effectively support client visions.His interest in filmmaking originated in the 2010s through writing short stories, producing and performing in YouTube skits, and engaging in music production. He gained experience as a Boom Operator and Sound Utility on a feature film produced by Indie Rights, served as a Production Assistant on a miniseries produced by Little Bird Productions & Weather System Studios, and his college final-year editing project was selected for the James River Film Festival.Work from his filmography has been featured at the Afrikana Film Festival and at Virginia Commonwealth University's Cinema program as a Writer, Director, and editor.His core objective is to create independent films that positively challenge, entertain, and impact lives across the world, connect with fellow creatives, and contribute to their projects as a dedicated remote editor and sound designer, in addition to on-site roles such as Director, Production Sound Mixer, Grip, and Production Assistant.

Filmography

NARRATIVE + EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS

These are my personal short films as a writer-director, created to develop my craft, style, interests, and eye for visual storytelling. Making these films heightened my sense of style and stories I wanted to tell, and how I wanted to tell them. These films are classic genre pieces with abstract, whimsical, and dream-like characters and approaches that examine themes of human empathy, forgiveness, creativity, and mental health, helping others while entertaining. They range from narrative to documentary to animation! Below are image links to my films!

NARRATIVE SHORT • Strangest Way to You

NARRATIVE SHORT • DVD Memories

NARRATIVE SHORT • Empathy Challenge

NARRATIVE SHORT • Bags

NARRATIVE SHORT • Masked

NARRATIVE SHORT • What to Watch

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT • Yellow Car Idea

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT • Hell & Heaven

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT • Silent Reward (Autism Awareness)

EXPERIMENTAL SHORT • Soullution (Poetry Spoken Word)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT • Years Isolation

FREELANCE + CLIENT WORKS

These are examples of my employee and volunteer work as a filmmaker.Sound Recordist & Boom Operator — Deadly Obsession (Feature Film)
Production Assistant — Off Script (Mini-Series)
Videographer, Director & Editor — Music Videos