Grady Hall
Grady Hall | |
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| Occupation | Film Director |
| Website | www |
Grady Hall is an American director of commercials and music videos, as well as a screenwriter, producer, and director of one 2010 episode of the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
He has directed music videos for Beck, Katy Perry, and Capital Cities, for which he received a Grammy nomination, and won an MTV Video Music Award.
Career
[edit]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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] The video was also nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards; Teri Whittaker for Art Direction;[5] and winning for Best Visual Effects,[6] awarded to co-editors Hall, Jonathan Wu and Derek Johnson.[7] 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.[8]
Hall left Motion Theory and Mirada in 2014 to join Partizan Entertainment,[9] 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.[10]
Select music video credits
[edit]- “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)[11]
- “Scars” by Papa Roach (2005)
- “Dashboard” by Modest Mouse (2007)[12]
- “Safe and Sound” by Capital Cities (2013)[13]
- “Roar” by Katy Perry (2013)[14]
- "Phoenix" by Olivia Holt (2016)[15]
- "Wow" by Beck (2016)
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Grammy Awards | Best Music Video | Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” | Nominated w/Buddy Enright, Daniel Weisman and Danny Lockwood |
[4] |
| 2013 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Music Video | Katy Perry "Roar" | Won | [8] |
| 2013 | MTV Video Music Awards | Best Visual Effects | Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” | Won w/ Jonathan Wu and Derek Johnson |
[7][6] |
References
[edit]- ^ Metha, Diane (1 February 2008). "Loco Motion". Premium. Fast Company. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (9 December 2010). "Guillermo del Toro partners on transmedia studio". Film. Variety. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Hibberd, James (6 April 2010). "'Spartacus' bucking cable ratings trend". Business News. The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ a b "First-Time GRAMMY Nominees: Capital Cities" (Press release). The Recording Academy. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.[dead link]
- ^ "2013 MTV Video Music Awards | Nominees | Best Art Direction" (Press release). MTV. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
Art Direction by Teri Whittaker
- ^ a b "The 2013 Video Music Awards Winners Are In!". VH1. 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ a b "2013 MTV Video Music Awards | Nominees | Best Visual Effects" (Press release). MTV. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
Visual Effects by Grady Hall, Jonathan Wu and Derek Johnson
- ^ a b Vena, Jocelyn (5 November 2013). "One Direction, Katy Perry, 'Glee' Nab People's Choice Awards Nominations". MTV. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Director Grady Hall Joins Partizan - Source Creative". SourceCreative - Extreme Reach. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Production Company A-List 2015: Partizan". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Montgomery, James (19 June 2005). "Beck Takes A Page Out Of Mad Magazine For 'Girl' Video". MTV. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Cone, Justin (15 March 2007). "Motion Theory: Modest Mouse "Dashboard"". motionographer.com. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Hall, Grady (25 April 2013). "Capital Cities "Safe And Sound" (Grady Hall, dir.) and Interview with Director Grady Hall". videostatic.com (Interview). Interviewed by Gottlieb, Steven. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Hall, Grady; Kudsi, Mark (23 September 2013). "Talking Katy Perry "Roar" with co-directors Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi". videostatic.com (Interview). Interviewed by Gottlieb, Steven. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Elizabeth, De. "Olivia Holt's Music Video For "Phoenix" Is Here, and It's Just as Fierce as You Imagined". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 28 August 2018.