Grady Hall

Hall began his career working at Warner Bros. in syndicated television. He later became a development executive for television producer Douglas S. Cramer and was also a staff writer on The Outer Limits for SyFy, which filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Hall was a founding director of the production company Motion Theory, which he helped build from a pure animation and design company into a live-action and visual effects studio.{{Cite magazine |first=Diane |last=Metha |title=Loco Motion |magazine=Fast Company |department=Premium |date=2008-02-01 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/641131/loco-motion |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-04-10}} Filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Guillermo Navarro co-founded Mirada as Motion Theory’s feature-film visual effects arm, with Hall taking a creative leadership role in the new company and simultaneously continuing to write and direct projects.{{Cite magazine |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |title=Guillermo del Toro partners on transmedia studio |date=2010-12-09 |magazine=Variety |department=Film |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-partners-on-transmedia-studio-1118028740/ |access-date=2018-08-28}}

In 2010, Hall returned to TV, serving as a consulting producer for six episodes, and director of one episode, for the debut season of Sam Raimi's Spartacus: Blood and Sand starring Lucy Lawless and Andy Whitfield.{{Cite magazine |first=James |last=Hibberd |author-link=James Hibberd (writer) |agency=Associated Press |title='Spartacus' bucking cable ratings trend |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |department=Business News |date=2010-04-06 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/spartacus-bucking-cable-ratings-trend-22331/ |access-date=2025-04-10}}

In 2013, Hall's music video for Capital Cities' “Safe and Sound” was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Video, with co-creators Buddy Enright, Daniel Weisman and Danny Lockwood. The video was also nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards; Teri Whittaker for Art Direction;{{cite press release |author= |title=2013 MTV Video Music Awards {{!}} Nominees {{!}} Best Art Direction |publisher=MTV |date=2013-07-22 |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2013/best-art-direction/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722003324/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2013/best-art-direction/ |archive-date=2013-07-22 |url-status=dead |quote=Art Direction by Teri Whittaker}} and winning for Best Visual Effects, awarded to co-editors Hall, Jonathan Wu and Derek Johnson. That same year, he also co-directed the music video for Katy Perry’s “Roar”, winner of the popular vote People’s Choice Award for Favorite Music Video.

Hall left Motion Theory and Mirada in 2014 to join Partizan Entertainment,{{Cite web|url=https://sourcecreative.extremereach.com/cmspage/2112/article?ArticleId=32cf9bd1-e404-434f-967b-4830ce50de60|title=Director Grady Hall Joins Partizan - Source Creative|website=SourceCreative - Extreme Reach|access-date=2018-08-28}} home to directors such as Michel Gondry, Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, and Michael Gracey. There, he worked on campaigns for Amazon, Pepsi, and Microsoft – directing the global launch video for the HoloLens augmented-reality viewer.{{Cite news|url=http://adage.com/article/creativity/creativity-production-company-standout-2015-partizan/300593/|title=Production Company A-List 2015: Partizan|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en}}

• “The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake (2003)
• “Animal” by R.E.M. (2004)
• “Take It Away” by The Used (2004)
• “Getting Away with Murder” by Papa Roach (2004)
• “Girl” by Beck (2005){{cite news |first=James |last=Montgomery |title=Beck Takes A Page Out Of Mad Magazine For 'Girl' Video |publisher=MTV |date=2005-06-19 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1502628/beck-takes-page-out-mad-girl-clip.jhtml |access-date=2025-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101231250/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1502628/beck-takes-page-out-mad-girl-clip.jhtml |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
• “Scars” by Papa Roach (2005)
• “Dashboard” by Modest Mouse (2007){{cite web |first=Justin |last=Cone |title=Motion Theory: Modest Mouse "Dashboard" |website=motionographer.com |date=2007-03-15 |url=https://motionographer.com/2007/03/15/motion-theory-modest-mouse-dashboard/ |access-date=2025-04-09}}
• “Safe and Sound” by Capital Cities (2013){{cite interview |subject-first=Grady |subject-last=Hall |interviewer-first=Steven |interviewer-last=Gottlieb |title=Capital Cities "Safe And Sound" (Grady Hall, dir.) and Interview with Director Grady Hall |website=videostatic.com |date=2013-04-25 |url=https://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2013/04/25/capital-cities-safe-and-sound-grady-hall-dir |access-date=2025-04-09}}
• “Roar” by Katy Perry (2013){{cite interview |subject-first1=Grady |subject-last1=Hall |subject-first2=Mark |subject-last2=Kudsi |interviewer-first=Steven |interviewer-last=Gottlieb |title=Talking Katy Perry "Roar" with co-directors Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi |website=videostatic.com |date=2013-09-23 |url=https://www.videostatic.com/depth/2013/09/23/talking-katy-perry-roar-co-directors-grady-hall-and-mark-kudsi |access-date=2025-04-09}}
• "Phoenix" by Olivia Holt (2016){{Cite magazine |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/olivia-holt-phoenix-music-video |title=Olivia Holt’s Music Video For "Phoenix" Is Here, and It’s Just as Fierce as You Imagined |last=Elizabeth |first=De |magazine=Teen Vogue |access-date=2018-08-28}}
• "Wow" by Beck (2016)

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