Jordan Hall (writer)
{{Short description|Canadian writer, playwright, web series creator}}
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Jordan Hall is a Canadian writer, playwright and web series creator, best known for creating the award-winning web series Carmilla.{{Cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/tag/jordan-hall|title=Jordan Hall - AfterEllen|website=AfterEllen|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-20}}
Early life
Hall was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where she grew up with three brothers, and where she attended McMaster University. After moving to the west coast, she joined the rank and file of the University of British Columbia in the Creative Writing MFA program.{{Cite web|url=http://prismmagazine.ca/2014/12/31/an-interview-with-jordan-hall-writing-the-environment-and-the-apocalypse/|title=An interview with Jordan Hall: Writing, the environment and the apocalypse.|website=PRISM international|access-date=2016-06-20|archive-date=2018-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140824/http://prismmagazine.ca/2014/12/31/an-interview-with-jordan-hall-writing-the-environment-and-the-apocalypse/|url-status=dead}}
Career
= ''Carmilla'' =
In 2013, Jordan co-created the CSA-winning web series Carmilla for SmokeBomb Entertainment.{{Cite web|url=http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards/2016-Nominees-Winners/Digital-Media|title=Canadian Screen Awards - Academy|website=www.academy.ca|access-date=2016-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222021557/http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards/2016-Nominees-Winners/Digital-Media|archive-date=2016-12-22|url-status=dead}}
The series premiered on the Vervegirl (rebranded as 'KindaTV' as of January 2016) YouTube channel on August 19, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/12/10/kotex-web-series-carmilla-vampires-branded|title=U By Kotex To Sponsor Another Season Of Vampire Web Series 'Carmilla'.|date=10 December 2014|author=Sam Gutelle|work=Tubefilter.com|accessdate=24 April 2015}}U by Kotex is the executive producer of the web series.[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tampon-maker-finances-canadian-vampire-741656 Tampon Maker Finances Canadian Vampire Web Series]. The Hollywood Reporter, October 17, 2014. The series takes place at the fictional Silas University in Styria, Austria and is told through video journals (Vlogs) recorded by Laura, a first-year student. The first and second seasons each consist of 36 three to seven-minute episodes. A twelve-episode prequel mini-season, "season zero," was announced just after the release of the final episode of season 2.
On February 13, 2016, it was announced that Carmilla will air its third and final season in the summer of 2016. In 2016, the series won a Rockie Award for Branded Content at the Banff World Media Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2016/06/14/banff-16-rockie-winners-announced/|title=Banff '16: Rockie Award Program Competition winners announced|last=ago|first=Regan Reid 3 days|access-date=2016-06-17}}
= Theatre work =
Her first full-length play, Kayak, won Samuel French's 2010 Canadian Playwrights Competition, and has been produced to critical acclaim across North America.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} Her most recent play, How to Survive an Apocalypse, will premiere with Touchstone in 2016.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}
Accolades
In 2011, Hall won the Crazy8s Short Film Production Competition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.playwrightsguild.ca/playwright/jordan-hall|title=Jordan Hall {{!}} Playwrights Guild of Canada|website=www.playwrightsguild.ca|access-date=2016-06-20|archive-date=2017-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531143802/https://www.playwrightsguild.ca/playwright/jordan-hall|url-status=dead}}
References
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Category:Canadian women dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:Writers from Hamilton, Ontario
Category:Academic staff of Capilano University