James Dew Hall

Directing

James Dew Hall

Born

2005-04-11 (21)

Place of birth

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

James Dew Hall (pronounced "Doo-Hawl") is an African American director, editor, and sound designer specializing in narrative, experimental, and documentary work. Beginning his creative career in the 2010s, he created independent short films, animations, and sketches before expanding his practice while studying Cinema at VCUarts. His films blend genre experimentation with stories that explore the human condition through diverse perspectives and experiences.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Bags poster
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Due to a returning hallucination, a woman in a developing crisis goes to her mother's office to share her baggage.

Bags

2024

Bags poster
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Due to a returning hallucination, a woman in a developing crisis goes to her mother's office to share her baggage.

Bags

2024

DVD Memories poster
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An amateur filmmaker finds the sacred DVD left by his late brother and is pulled into its world, forced to reconcile with his past and his mistakes one last time.

DVD Memories

2025

DVD Memories poster
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An amateur filmmaker finds the sacred DVD left by his late brother and is pulled into its world, forced to reconcile with his past and his mistakes one last time.

DVD Memories

2025

Empathy Challenge poster
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A college student rushing to class decides to check on a woman in distress, not knowing it's a planned setup for a social experiment being filmed.

Empathy Challenge

2022

Empathy Challenge poster
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A college student rushing to class decides to check on a woman in distress, not knowing it's a planned setup for a social experiment being filmed.

Empathy Challenge

2022

Masked poster
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A man hiding his true self with a mask meets a counterpart.

Masked

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Fracture: Prologue poster
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The long-awaited battle of a tourmented writer and his character in his mind as he distorts the reality they want to claim.

Fracture: Prologue

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Fracture: Prologue poster
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The long-awaited battle of a tourmented writer and his character in his mind as he distorts the reality they want to claim.

Fracture: Prologue

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Strangest Way to You poster
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A boastful romantic becomes convinced that a pink rock can lead him back to his ex if he kicks it down the city.

Strangest Way to You

2026

Strangest Way to You poster
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A boastful romantic becomes convinced that a pink rock can lead him back to his ex if he kicks it down the city.

Strangest Way to You

2026

Strangest Way to You poster
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A boastful romantic becomes convinced that a pink rock can lead him back to his ex if he kicks it down the city.

Strangest Way to You

2026