CV & CREDITS

FILM & MOUNTAIN is owned and managed by BRIAN HALL who is based in New Zealand and the UK.
Brian has over 35 years experience at the top level of mountaineering, he is an internationally qualified Mountain Guide (IFMGA) and many expeditions have taken him climbing and skiing to various mountain regions of the world; making first and landmark ascents in the European Alps, Himalaya (including Everest and K2) and the Americas.

Additionally Brian runs two other related companies; the online adventure sports film website www.SteepEdge.com and a film production company www.VentureFilm.co.uk which is in partnership with extreme location cameraman Keith Partridge (www.AdventureCamera.co.uk ).
Between 1980 and 2008 Brian co-directed one of the worlds most important mountain film festivals - the Kendal Mountain Festival and he still co-ordinates their Adventure Film Academy, teaching film production.

Brian has worked on over 100 productions in a variety of roles including Mountain Safety, Associate Producer, Second Unit Action Director, Actor and Climbing Stunts, Location Finder / Manager, Rigger, First Aid and Location Stills Photographer.
He is a technical consultant (design, training and testing) for leading outdoor equipment manufacturers including Scarpa, Grivel and Mountain Equipment

Brian co-authored ‘The Face’ for the BBC series and is a professional mountain photographer. He played the character of Dougal Haston in the film ‘The Bat’ and has directed and produced his own award winning short ‘Balance of Risk’ featuring quadruple amputee climber Jamie Andrew. Venture Film has recently completed a commissioned film, ’50 Years in the Mountains’

Film & Mountain credits are very extensive –
Organizing all of the mountain filming on the BAFTA award winning film ‘Touching the Void’ and it's sequel ‘Beckoning Silence’ Drama recreation in the Mont Blanc region for  ‘Mallory – The Wildest dream’, and glacier safety on Svalbard for ‘Far North’, training and caving action on ‘Descent’,

Ski action, safety and logistics on ‘Bridget Jones’ and the James Bond ‘Die another Day’ second unit in Iceland, the spectacular ice climbing in the opening sequence of ‘Alien vs Predator’.
With Kenneth Brannagh on the ‘Shackleton’ Channel 4 Drama in Greenland and the Irish K2 drama-doc feature ‘The Summit’ and recently mountain recces for ‘The Hobbit’ in New Zealand.

Dog sledding with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne in Tierre del Fuego!  Climbing and BASE jump safety on huge limestone cliffs in France for ‘Top Gear’. Slack-lining in New Zealand with Jack Osbourne for ‘Adrenaline Junkie 3’. Filming with Jack Osbourne on show 4 with celebrities Elijah Wood, Craig David, Bez, Charlie Brookes, Emma Griffiths and Jodi Latham including the descent into Cave of the Swallows, Mexico and the first ever tyrolean crossing of the Victoria Falls, Africa.
Providing all the safety and logistics for the important ‘Great Climb’ BBC2 OB in Scotland. Working with high profile TV presenters such as Brian Cox on volcanoes in Ethiopia, Kate Humble on Ben Nevis and St Kilda , Julia Bradbury and Hugh Dennis in various locations in the UK

Sea cliff safety on "Doc Martin". Mountain safety on 7 episodes of the C4 / Discovery ‘Alive’ / ‘I Shouldn’t be Alive’ series. Difficult access and at height safety for ‘The Royal’ and  ‘Emmerdale’. A remote weeklong dog-sled journey across Baffin Island in winter for BBC 2's ‘Wilderness Walks’. Four years of indoor safety and training for LWT's successful game show ‘Gladiators’ in Birmingham NIA. Providing safety on an overhead crane in London 's docklands with Davina McCall whilst filming ‘Don't try this at home’.Numerous BBC documentary series such as Mountain Men, Wild Climbs, The Face, The Edge, ‘5 Climbs, 5 Islands’ and ‘The First Great Climb’ in worldwide locations - K2, Matterhorn, Denali, Jordan, Vietnam, South Africa, Canada, USA, Borneo, South Georgia, Everest and of course the UK.

IMAX and 3D projects such as Shackleton, Sydney Tower Theatre, and Atlantic Roaches Climb.
Commercials involving BASE jumping and climbing for Range Rover, Regatta, Black Yak and Berghaus along with risk assessments for a recent Guinness ad.

FEATURE FILMS

The Summit - Image Now (Switzerland)
Mallory – The Wildest Dream .. Atlantic Films (France & Italy)
The Hobbit - (New Zealand)
Beckoning Silence - Ch4 Film (Eiger, Switzerland)
Touching the Void ( Peru , Switzerland , France & Italy )
True North ( Svalbard )
Descent  1 & 2 ( UK Pinewood )
Alien vs Predator ( France and Italy )
Bridget Jones - On the Edge of Reason ( Austria )
Bond - Die another day ( Iceland )
Shackleton IMAX ( South Georgia )
Rheged IMAX ( UK )

DOCUMENTARIES & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey BBC2 (Scotland)
The Great British Countryside - BBC1 (England)
Live n Deadly - CBBC (Wales)
The First Great Climb - Triple Echo BBC2 (Scotland)
Cave Climb - Triple Echo (England)
The Great Climb - OB BBC2 (Scotland)
5 Climbs, 5 Islands - BBC2 (Scotland)
3D Roaches Climb - Atlantic Productions
First on Everest - RGS film
Take me to the Edge – Ginger TV for Virgin (Kenya, Oman & India)
Ultimate Rock Climb - BBC1 (UK)
Live Climb BBC2 live OB (Scotland)
Wilderness, St Kilda BBC (Scotland)
Situation Critical - Mt Hood Nat Geo (USA)
Top Gear BBC (France)
Nothing in the World Today - Dougal Haston ( Eiger Switzerland )
Balance of Risk ( Scotland )
My Right Foot BBC 1 ( Mexico )
The Race for Everest BBC 2 ( Switzerland )
World Youth Climbing Championships BBC Scot (UK)
The Longest Journey BBC ( Kenya )
Mountain Men BBC - three part series ( France , Switzerland , Pakistan )
Arctic Challenge BBC ( Greenland )
The Abyss Channel 4 / Cicada Films ( Borneo jungle )
Wild Climbs BBC 2 - six part series ( Colorado , Tasmania , Czech Rep, Yukon , Yosemite , Norway )
Wilderness Walks BBC 2 series ( N, Africa, USA , Baffin Is., UK & Ireland )
The Face BBC 2 - 6 part series ( Vietnam , USA , Canada , Jordan , S. Africa & Scotland )
999 BBC ( Scotland )
The Edge BBC 2 - six part series ( Scotland )
Great Railway Journeys BBC ( Canada )
The Mountaineers BBC (France)
Pennine Rock YTV ( England )
Everest in Winter Chameleon ( Nepal )
The Bat & the Wicked Video ( Scotland )

DRAMA

Nancy, Sid & Sergio - Ipcress Films
I Shouldn't be Alive - Blood on the Mountain... Making Movies / Darlow Smithson (New Zealand)
The Royal ITV ( England)
ALIVE (series 2) Frozen at 20,000ft ( Switzerland ) Ch 4 & Discovery
Doc Martin ( Cornwall , UK ) ITV
Gaelic Arts Project  (Isle of Lewis , Scotland ) Theatre
ALIVE - Lost on the Mountain ( Turkey ) Ch 4 & Discovery
ALIVE - Lost in the Snow ( Canada ) Ch 4 & Discovery
ALIVE - Escape from avalanche alley ( France and Italy ) Ch 4 & Discovery
Trapped at 4000 m - Survivors ITV ( France & Italy )
Dragons Ch 4 & Discovery ( France )
Shackleton Ch 4 ( Iceland & Greenland )

ENTERTAINMENT

Osbourne Special - Ch 4 - Ozzy & Sharon in Tierre del Fuego
Jack Osbourne 4, Adrenaline Junkie … Ginger  (Mexico, Switzerland & Zambia)
Gladiators 2 .. Shine for Sky (UK)
Dangerous Adventures for boys … Mentorn Media for Ch 5 (UK)
Jack Osbourne 3, Adrenaline Junkie (New Zealand)
Emmerdale YTV ( UK )
Battle of the Borgs ( UK )
My Parents are Aliens YTV (UK)
Coronation St Granada ( UK )
Grimley's Granada (UK)
Jungle Run YTV ( UK )
Twister STV ( UK )
Don't Try This at Home LWT ( UK & Kilimanjaro )
Gladiators LWT ( England )
Brookside ( UK )
Scavengers Carlton ( England )
Blue Peter BBC ( Eiger - Switzerland & Snow Holing for the Blind, Scotland )
Duncan Dares BBC ( Scotland )

COMMERCIALS

Regatta - in house stills (New Zealand)
Black Yak .. Compass Productions (New Zealand) 
50 Years in the Mountains - Mountain Equipment web (Europe / Worldwide)
Sydney Tower 4D - Centre Screen (Australia)
Range Rover Sport … Gerard De Thame Films (Oman)
Berghaus … Ginger TV (Norway)
Guiness … MJZ Ltd (South America)
Vodafone … New Moon ( UK )
One Acount … Clemmon Hornby Inge / Rogue Films
Gore Tex & Berghaus …. Cheetham Bell ( France )
Mountain Equipment ( France & UK )
Oakley … Avalon ( UK )