Phil Hall (US writer)
Encyclopedia
Phil Hall is an American writer. He is a contributing editor for the online magazine Film Threat
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Hall is the author of four books – The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies: Films from the Fringes of Cinema (2004) and Independent Film Distribution (2006), both published by Michael Wiese Productions, and The New PR (2007), published by Larstan Publishing, and The History of Independent Cinema
(2009), published by BearManor Media – and his writing has been published in The New York Times
, New York Daily News
and American Movie Classics Magazine.
in 2008. He had previously programmed the Light+Screen Film Festival in New York.
Film Threat
Film Threat is a former print magazine and, now, webzine which focuses primarily on independent film, although it also reviews DVDs of mainstream films and Hollywood movies in theaters. It first appeared as a photocopied zine in 1985, created by Wayne State University students Chris Gore and André...
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Writing
Hall works as an editor for Zackin Publications, editing a monthly mortgage-banking magazine called Secondary Marketing Executive.Hall is the author of four books – The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies: Films from the Fringes of Cinema (2004) and Independent Film Distribution (2006), both published by Michael Wiese Productions, and The New PR (2007), published by Larstan Publishing, and The History of Independent Cinema
The History of Independent Cinema
The History of Independent Cinema is a book by film historian Phil Hall that traces the development of the U.S. independent film sector from the early days of the silent films to the current digital video environment. The book also focuses on specific independent film genres including documentary...
(2009), published by BearManor Media – and his writing has been published in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
and American Movie Classics Magazine.
Other work
Hall was the director of the New Haven Underground Film FestivalNew Haven Underground Film Festival
The New Haven Underground Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Connecticut, USA. Despite its name, the event itself has never been held in New Haven; instead, it has been held in other Connecticut cities while carrying the slogan "So underground that it's not even in New Haven."This...
in 2008. He had previously programmed the Light+Screen Film Festival in New York.