Art Hall

Art grew up in Pasadena Maryland and began to exhibit an interest in storytelling at an early age From writing short stories and drawing comics in school to programming storydriven games in QBasic he was always fascinated with stories and entertaining people As Art entered middle school he took the family VHS camera and began making stopmotion films with his toys and short films with his neighborhood friends playing the roles It was not until he was cast in a high school production of Its a Wonderful Life that he discovered his love of theatre After that show Art went on to appear in nearly every production at Chesapeake High until his graduation At the University of Maryland he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance and appeared in numerous Theatre Department productions including The Crucible SubUrbia Our Town Scapin and Standing on My Knees During the summer of 2002 while on break from college the 20yearold Art cowroteproducedstarred and directed the independent featurelength comedy The Money Shot 2005 which has come to be seen as a film that is sobaditsgood Its available on Amazon Prime Video if you want to see for yourself After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the industry Art continued to study performance at the Howard Fine Studio and later completed the 2year Meisner program with Neighborhood Playhouse veteran William Alderson He also expanded his stage credits performing in productions with West Coast Ensemble the Newport Theatre Arts Center The Gallery Theatre in Anaheim the LA OneMinute Play Festival and the Open Fist Theatre Company As Art began to make a life for himself in Los Angeles he took a strong interest in editing and audio He cocreated and hosted the podcast That Was Disappointing and later began a second podcast Subversive Cinema a show about offthebeatenpath movies He works for Disney Television Animation as a dialogue editor and when not working he spends time with his wife Ashley chasing their toddler son and two rescue dogs