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Life Summary

Name	Kenneth George Hall
Born	22 February, 1901 Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	8 February, 1994 (aged 92) Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Rene, Roy (work colleague) Holmes, Cecil William (acquaintance)
Education *	North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1912-1915)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1916-1931) New South Wales, Australia company manager (1932-1956) New South Wales, Australia film director (1932-1946) New South Wales, Australia television station executive (1957-1966) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Academy Award for Best Documentary (recipient, 1942) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1972) Raymond Longford award (Australian Film Institute) (recipient, 1976)
Legacies *	Ken G. Hall Film Preservation Award (National Film & Sound Archive) (eponym)
Workplaces *	Evening News (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1916-1916) Australasian Films Ltd (employee, 1917-1920) Greater Union Theatres Ltd (employee, 1917-1924) First National Pictures Inc (employee, 1924-1928) Greater Union Theatres Ltd (employee, 1928-1957) Cinesound Productions Ltd (director, 1931-1941) Cinesound Productions Ltd (producer, 1931-1941) Cinesound Review (producer, 1931-1957) Cinesound Review (director, 1931-1957) Channel 9 TV station (chief executive officer, 1957-1966)

* Dates are approximate