Making a Stylized Music Video for Awolnation | Independent Blender Production Tips with Jason Michael Hall

Jason Michael Hall arrived in Los Angeles in 2006 after being accepted into Gnomon’s Certificate Program. He completed the program with a solid foundation as a CG Generalist which has led to a successful 17-year career in Film, Animation, and Games primarily in Pre-Visualization and Layout. 

During that time, he has been creating amazing action sequences on many of the top big-budget Visual Effects films and Directors of the last decade. Including JJ Abrams, Zack Snyder, and Michael Bay. Films include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Spongebob Squarepants, Sonic the Hedgehog, X-Men, and Deadpool.

In addition to working in Pre-Viz, he’s also contributed in areas like concept design, storyboarding, and animatics, as well as teaching Character Design and PreVisualization at Gnomon. His latest move brought him to the games industry when he joined the incredibly talented Blizzard Cinematics Team in early 2020, contributing to many projects such as the recent Dragon Flight Launch Trailer and the upcoming Overwatch 2 PvE. He is also the founder of Gingerbear Haus Studio, Directing and Producing animated content for music videos and short films using primarily Blender.

Currently living in the Echo Park neighborhood in Los Angeles with his wife Nicky as he spends the majority of his free time looking for new Korean food spots and obsessing over Blender and the freedom it has provided to bring all his original ideas to life.