Howard Hall Productions specializes in marine wildlife natural history motion pictures. During the last 35 years our company has produced numerous exhibit films, broadcast television documentaries, and IMAX theatrical features. Howard Hall Productions maintains a stock footage library that includes marine wildlife, aerials, and time lapse from all around the world in formats including HD, 4K, 5K, and 8K.
Recent Films
Secrets of the Sea
Secrets of the Sea was released in August 2022. The film is now open in numerous IMAX theaters in the United States and many other theaters around the world. Secrets of the Sea is a co-production between Howard Hall Productions and Oceanic Research Group. The film was produced by Michele Hall and co-directed by Howard Hall and Jonathan Bird. It is being distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films. In 2023, Secrets of the Sea was named Best Picture by the Giant Screen Cinema Association.
Visit the Secrets of the Sea website to find a theater near you
Soul of the Ocean
Footage Library
Howard Hall Productions manages a stock footage library comprised of more than 35,000 clips of marine wildlife, aerial, and time lapse subjects. Our images were captured primarily in RED 4K, 5K and 8K resolutions. Time lapse footage was captured as digital image sequences in up to 8K resolution. The library includes images from around the world including California, British Columbia, Alaska, Costa Rica, the Caribbean, Indonesia, Gulf of Mexico, and many tropical Pacific locations.
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Interesting Links
Louie Schwartzberg Interviews Howard and Michele on Moving Art
Interview with Underwater Tribe
Michele Hall is interviewed for The Diver Medic Webinar
Watch “Making of Journey to the South Pacific“
Watch “Making of Humpback Whales“
Interested in a career in underwater photography? Read “Breaking In“
Watch Michele Hall’s Interview by Ideate TV at Scuba Show
Watch Michele and Howard Hall 2011 induction into Scuba Diving Hall of Fame
Read Howard Hall “Life Aquatic” interview in New Yorker Magazine