Howard and Michele Hall

Howard and Michele Hall are underwater documentary film producers specializing in marine wildlife films. Howard has received six cinematography Emmys for films produced for television. Michele has received one Emmy award. Howard holds a degree in zoology from San Diego State University. His interest in marine wildlife has led him to author numerous articles about marine life. He is a “Roving Editor” for International Wildlife Magazine and a Contributing Editor for Ocean Realm Magazine and Fathoms Magazine. Michele’s underwater photographs have been published in numerous books and magazines around the world.

In 1990, Howard Hall produced, directed and photographed Seasons in the Sea, a one hour film which aired on the PBS series Nature in the U.S. This film was judged best of show at Wildscreen 1990 receiving the Golden Panda Award, the most prestigious award in natural history film making. Seasons in the Sea also won the Festival Choice Award at the Jackson Hole International Film Festival.

Shadows in a Desert Sea was produced by Howard Hall in 1992, also for the PBS series Nature and the BBC, in conjunction with Partridge Films. Shadows won a Golden Panda Award at Wildscreen 1992, as well as five other top awards at other major film festivals.

Jewels of the Caribbean Sea was co-produced by Howard and Michele Hall and appeared as a National Geographic Special in 1994. Jewels of the Caribbean Sea won nighttime Emmys for best cinematography and best music in the News and Documentary category.

In 1997, Howard and Michele completed production of a 5-part series of hour-long television programs, which focused on marine wildlife behavior from around the world. Secrets of the Ocean Realm aired as five specials on PBS during 1998. As a companion to the television series, Howard and Michele also produced and authored a coffee table book, also titled Secrets of the Ocean Realm.

Howard made his directorial debut in the IMAX® format in 1994 with Into the Deep, an IMAX 3D film which opened at the Sony IMAX Theater on Broadway in New York City and has played widely in IMAX 3D theaters throughout the world.

In the spring of 1999 Howard and Michele completed production on the IMAX film Island of the Sharks about the marine wildlife at Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Island of the Sharks has won numerous awards, including a Cine Golden Eagle, the Special Jury Award of Merit at Jackson Hole International Film Festival, Best Underwater Film at Japan Wildlife Film Festival, and Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Special Venue Film Award.
Howard directed the underwater cinematography for the popular MacGillivray Freeman film, The Living Sea. He was also underwater DP for the recently released IMAX film, Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance.
Howard and Michele just finished Coral Reef Adventure, an IMAX film, being produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films, with Howard as director of underwater photography and Michele as line producer. Coral Reef Adventure explores coral reef ecology, the marine wildlife that makes coral reefs their home. It also profiles Howard and Michele and provides glimpses from ‘behind-the-scenes.’ The film was released in February 2003.

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