Ken G. Hall
| Ken G. Hall | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kenneth George Hall 22 February 1901 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 8 February 1994 (aged 92) Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Occupation | Film producer, film director |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Addison (1925-1972) (her death) |
Kenneth George Hall, AO, OBE (22 February 1901 – 8 February 1994), better known as Ken G. Hall, was an Australian film producer director, considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian film industry. He was the first Australian to win an Academy Award,
Hall was born Kenneth George Hall in Paddington, Sydney, Australia in 1901, the third child of Charles and Florence Hall. He was educated at North Sydney Boys' High School. At age 15, with the help of his father, he gained a cadetship at the Sydney Evening News, where he became friends with a young Kenneth Slessor, then a cadet for another paper. Two years later, he became a publicist for Union Theatres, initially working as an assistant to Gayne Dexter. He had a six-month stint as manager for the Lyceum Theatre then returned to publicity, working his way up to national publicity director, "the highest post in film publicity in Australia" at that time.
In 1924, Hall joined the American distribution company First National Pictures as a publicist, and visited Hollywood the following year.
Hall began making films in 1928 when he was told by his boss at First National to recut and shoot additional sequences for a German movie about the Battle of Cocos. The resulting film, The Exploits of the Emden, was a local hit. Hall moved back to Union Theatres, running publicity for the State Theatre in Sydney, and being heavily involved in the campaign against the proposed entertainment tax from Stanley Bruce's government. He eventually became assistant to Stuart F. Doyle, managing director of the company.
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