Ocean Stories: The Halls 2017

Howard and Michele Hall have made a life of diving into the unknown in search of unique marine subjects for their IMAX films. With over four decades of marine cinematography experience, seven Emmy awards, and countless features in the likes of National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, and NOVA, the Halls are the world’s premiere underwater filmmakers. In this episode of Ocean Stories, we are taken on a visual adventure beneath the waves and into the alien world of the deep, where the Hall's capture mysterious animal behaviors seldom seen and rarely recorded. It is the story of how the Hall’s found love beneath the sea, and how they use their films as a call to action to save it.

  • Patrick Creadon
    Director
    Wordplay (cinematographer/director), I.O.U.S.A. (cinematographer/director), If You Build It (director), Law and Order: SVU(episode 1, 2011) (director), All Work All Play (cinematographer/director), Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (cinematographer)
  • Greg Goggin
    Director
  • Patrick Creadon
    Writer
  • Greg Goggin
    Writer
  • Greg Goggin
    Producer
  • Susan Goggin
    Producer
  • Patrick Creadon
    Producer
  • Christine O'Malley
    Producer
    Nousheen's Question (producer), All Work All Play (producer), Running Blind (executive producer), If You Build It (producer)
  • Robert Wyland
    Key Cast
  • Dan Moore
    Editor
  • Casey Acaster
    Editor
  • Sean O'Malley
    Audio Mix
  • Andrew Veselik
    Production Assistant
  • Casey Acaster
    Sound Design
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    Profile, biography, cinematographers, ocean, environmental, conservation, photography, exploration, filmmaking
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 19, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Patrick Creadon, Greg Goggin

Patrick began his career as one of the youngest cameramen in the history of PBS, shooting and producing cinema-verite style stories for the critically acclaimed series The 90s. In 2006, his directorial debut, Wordplay, was the breakout hit at the Sundance Film Festival. His follow-up film, I.O.U.S.A., also premiered at Sundance and was shortlisted for the Academy Awards. Patrick has served on several film festival juries including Sundance Film Festival, the LA Film Festival, and the Ashland Film Festival. In 2011, he debuted as a television director on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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