Supervising sound editor who entered the industry with Julien Duvivier's LE RETOUR DE DON CAMILLO (France-Italy, 1953). In the US, his sound editor credits include THE PROUD REBEL (1958), HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (1959), THE ALAMO (1960), THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961), JACK THE GIANT KILLER and TARAS BULBA (both 1962), CAPTAIN SINBAD (1963), THE BEST MAN (1964), IN HARM'S WAY (1965), TORA! TORA! TORA! (1970), 99 AND 44/100% DEAD, THE TOWERING INFERNO and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (all 1974), AT LONG LAST LOVE and FRENCH CONNECTION II (both 1975), SILENT MOVIE and GATOR (both 1976), LEGEND OF THE NORTHWEST (1978), A CHANGE OF SEASONS (1980), SECOND-HAND HEARTS and CARBON COPY (both 1981), NIGHT SHIFT and BEST FRIENDS (both 1982), STROKER ACE, STAYING ALIVE and BRAINSTORM 9all 1983), CANNONBALL RUN II, IMPULSE, TEACHERS and RUNAWAY (all 1984), STICK and TWICE IN A LIFETIME (both 1985), IF LOOKS COULD KILL and HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN (both 1991), SINGLE WHITE FEMALE and DIGGSTOWN (both 1992), CALENDAR GIRL (1993), COPS AND ROBBERSONS and THE SCOUT (both 1994) and A WALK IN THE CLOUDS and BUSHWHACKED (both 1995). He also supervised the sound effects restoration for THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957, orig. release). His television credits include "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964), "The Time Tunnel" (1966), "Charlie's Angels" (1976), "The Love Boat" (1977) and "T.J. Hooker" (1982). Currently a senior lecturer at the University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television, Hall is a member of the Motion Picture Film Editors Guild, a founding member of Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. An active member of the Academy since 1964, he was elected to the Board of Governors in 1981 and has served four three-year terms since then. Hall has served for many years as a member of both the Sound Branch and the Scientific and Technical Awards Committees. He has been the chair of the Sound Editing Awards Rules Committee, and is the current chair of the Student Academy Awards Executive Committee. For his service to the Academy, Hall received the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation on 18 February 2006.  Testimonial Awards 2005: John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation 1 Honorary Award