Greg Hall

Greg's work as a writer/director came to early notice while still studying, his second year documentary "Training" (2002) screened at the DFG's "Serious About Shorts" International Festival, and his graduate script "Front" (2003) won the Carlton TV Student Bursary Prize. Graduating at the age of twenty-two he shot his ultra low budget feature debut "The Plague" (2004), which landed critical acclaim on an international scale, screening globally and notching up three awards. Chosen by British director Mike Leigh to receive the inaugural Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Scholarship (10th Sarajevo Film Festival) he described it as "very exciting 21st Century cinema"; it also received the Best Director Award (Portobello Film Festival 2004) and the Audience Award for Best Feature (Raindance East Film Festival 2005). Industry Oracle "Variety" even described it as a "Cinderella story" and raised it to an international respectability with an outstanding review. "The Plague" was released theatrica