Daryl R. Hall

A native of Southern California, Daryl R. Hall seemed to be destined for the film business when his parents took him to see his very first movie at the tender age of 2. It is said that during the movie, he (unlike many children that age who cry and moan) ended up watching the film intently, never crying, fussing, or even covering his eyes for the "steamier" scenes. From then on it was movies, Movies, Movies! With his Aunt's JVC VHS Video Recorder he set out with a few action figures and stuffed toys to create some of his earlier, most memorable, work which included an original "The Shadow" movie, Toy Story 2 (before there was even thought of a Toy Story 2), and his first "feature": a 50 minute adaptation of the Star Wars book "Shadows of the Empire" (with him actually humming the Star Wars theme, A Capella!) Although his action figures never cried about being fed on time or had a Union Officer complain about their break being scheduled correctly, before long, R. Hall realized that he must move on to bigger and better things. So with the help of some relatives, he began to up his game and create more expansive universes. His first big effort he made (along with his cousins) was entitled "Mutant Space Zombies from the Planet Klak!" This comic masterpiece involved Space Zombies, shooting, and the opened-ended climax. As this young talent entered his High School days, he found friends he could manipulate into his wild schemes. What came about was a few short films that got some recognition within his group of friends. The last film he did in high school was called "Conflict" about a guy named Joe...and how his father was killed by the mob... By the time college and Film School rolled around, R. Hall already had multiple shorts under his belt. In film school he went on to write and direct five more short movies, gaining no more than "Oh, gee, that wasn't great." Determined that he could still make a better film than all the folks around him, he began to pen his short film idea from high school. In his last days of film school, he began pre-production on his first feature film "The Subhuman" about a guy named Joe who's father gets killed by the mob. After 3 months of Pre-Production, 5 months of Production, and 9 months of Post-Production, he finally finished it. R. Hall began touting the movie around to film festivals in early 2010. In Spring 2010, The Subhuman won the Award of Merit from the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood.