Jordan Hall (writer)

Jordan Hall is a Canadian writer, playwright and web series creator, best known for creating the award-winning LGBT web series Carmilla.[1]

Jordan Hall
Hall in 2012
BornHamilton, Ontario, Canada
OccupationPlaywright, writer, web series creator
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Notable worksCarmilla

Early life

Hall was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where she grew up with three brothers, and where she attended McMaster University. After moving to the west coast, she joined the rank and file of the University of British Columbia in the Creative Writing MFA program.[2]

Career

Carmilla

In 2013, Jordan co-created the CSA-winning web series Carmilla for SmokeBomb Entertainment.[3]

The series premiered on the Vervegirl (rebranded as 'KindaTV' as of January 2016) YouTube channel on August 19, 2014.[4]U by Kotex is the executive producer of the web series.[5] The series takes place at the fictional Silas University in Styria, Austria and is told through video journals (Vlogs) recorded by Laura, a first-year student. The first and second seasons each consist of 36 three to seven-minute episodes. A twelve-episode prequel mini-season, "season zero," was announced just after the release of the final episode of season 2.

On February 13, 2016, it was announced that Carmilla will air its third and final season in the summer of 2016. In 2016, the series won a Rockie Award for Branded Content at the Banff World Media Festival.[6]

Theatre work

Her first full-length play, Kayak, won Samuel French's 2010 Canadian Playwrights Competition, and has been produced to critical acclaim across North America. Her most recent play, How to Survive an Apocalypse, will premiere with Touchstone in 2016.

Accolades

In 2011, Hall won the Crazy8s Short Film Production Competition.[7]

References
  1. "Jordan Hall - AfterEllen". AfterEllen. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  2. "An interview with Jordan Hall: Writing, the environment and the apocalypse". PRISM international. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  3. "Canadian Screen Awards - Academy". www.academy.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  4. Sam Gutelle (10 December 2014). "U By Kotex To Sponsor Another Season Of Vampire Web Series 'Carmilla'". Tubefilter.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. Tampon Maker Finances Canadian Vampire Web Series. The Hollywood Reporter, October 17, 2014.
  6. ago, Regan Reid 3 days. "Banff '16: Rockie Award Program Competition winners announced". Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  7. "Jordan Hall | Playwrights Guild of Canada". www.playwrightsguild.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
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