Cecelia Hall(I)
- Sound Department
- Editor
- Additional Crew
Cece Hall is an Academy Award winning sound designer and teacher who
has been an advocate for visionary filmmakers for more than twenty
years.
She was the first woman to be nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for Top Gun and she went
on to win the Oscar for The Hunt for Red October, a film for which she
also received a British BAFTA nomination. Hall has been nominated for
numerous Motion Picture Sound Editor Golden Reel Awards, winning for
both Something So Right and Top Gun.
Hall began her career as an independent editor before landing at
Paramount Pictures, where she was the first woman to be hired in the
sound-editing department. After successfully Supervising many feature
films, she was promoted to Senior Vice-President of Post Production
Sound, where she oversaw numerous projects including The Hours,
Stop-Loss, The Italian Job, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and
the EB White classic Charolotte's Web. Additionally, she worked with
Paramount's subsidiary companies, Vantage, MTV and Nickelodeon
shepherding the sound design for films such as Nacho Libre, Get Rich Or
Die Tryin', Black Snake Moan, and Academy Award winner Hustle & Flow.
Her collaborative and creative approach to sound has spawned lasting
creative relationships with many of today's most respected filmmakers,
including Scott Rudin, Peter Weir, Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott and
Tim Burton.
In 1995, Hall was invited to teach at the UCLA Graduate School of
Theatre, Film and Television/Media and she is still the only professor
teaching sound design. In addition to teaching at UCLA, Hall has taken
residencies at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and California
State University, Monterey as well as numerous panels and seminars on
sound design. She describes her work in the classroom as the natural
extension of her work as a Sound Designer, finding it more creative and
inspiring.
Along with teaching, Hall now works independently as a sound
consultant. Her work varies from creative counseling, to handpicking
and supervising sound teams for independent features. Hall recently
completed work on the HBO film A Small Act, which garnered an Emmy
nomination and the Humanitas Prize.
Hall has been the subject of numerous interviews and articles on Sound
Design and women working in Hollywood. She is profiled in: Sound Design
for Film, Working in Hollywood, The Women Who Run Hollywood and, most
recently, The Editors Guild Magazine. When not working in Los Angeles,
she loves to travel and tries to spend at least one month a year in
Italy sampling the local delicacies and tasting wine.
has been an advocate for visionary filmmakers for more than twenty
years.
She was the first woman to be nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for Top Gun and she went
on to win the Oscar for The Hunt for Red October, a film for which she
also received a British BAFTA nomination. Hall has been nominated for
numerous Motion Picture Sound Editor Golden Reel Awards, winning for
both Something So Right and Top Gun.
Hall began her career as an independent editor before landing at
Paramount Pictures, where she was the first woman to be hired in the
sound-editing department. After successfully Supervising many feature
films, she was promoted to Senior Vice-President of Post Production
Sound, where she oversaw numerous projects including The Hours,
Stop-Loss, The Italian Job, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and
the EB White classic Charolotte's Web. Additionally, she worked with
Paramount's subsidiary companies, Vantage, MTV and Nickelodeon
shepherding the sound design for films such as Nacho Libre, Get Rich Or
Die Tryin', Black Snake Moan, and Academy Award winner Hustle & Flow.
Her collaborative and creative approach to sound has spawned lasting
creative relationships with many of today's most respected filmmakers,
including Scott Rudin, Peter Weir, Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott and
Tim Burton.
In 1995, Hall was invited to teach at the UCLA Graduate School of
Theatre, Film and Television/Media and she is still the only professor
teaching sound design. In addition to teaching at UCLA, Hall has taken
residencies at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and California
State University, Monterey as well as numerous panels and seminars on
sound design. She describes her work in the classroom as the natural
extension of her work as a Sound Designer, finding it more creative and
inspiring.
Along with teaching, Hall now works independently as a sound
consultant. Her work varies from creative counseling, to handpicking
and supervising sound teams for independent features. Hall recently
completed work on the HBO film A Small Act, which garnered an Emmy
nomination and the Humanitas Prize.
Hall has been the subject of numerous interviews and articles on Sound
Design and women working in Hollywood. She is profiled in: Sound Design
for Film, Working in Hollywood, The Women Who Run Hollywood and, most
recently, The Editors Guild Magazine. When not working in Los Angeles,
she loves to travel and tries to spend at least one month a year in
Italy sampling the local delicacies and tasting wine.