BIO


Kenneth J. Hall
Founder and President of Total Fabrication

Born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1958, Mr. Hall spent his early years watching movies and acting in school theater. Later, he wrote and produced live shows at the Alexander Brest Planetarium, designed animatronic characters for Sally Industries and staged promotional events for Plitt Theaters.

Moving to Hollywood in 1982, he established himself as a respected makeup effects artist, working on numerous features, including THE TERMINATOR, GREMLINS II, BATMAN RETURNS, ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES and CONEHEADS. He was shop supervisor at Mechanical & Makeup Imageries, overseeing several productions and crews of up to 45 people. He has been responsible for the creation of many large movie creatures, among them the 16-foot star of CARNOSAUR, a 20-foot sea beast for MAGIC IN THE WATER and the giant octopus prop in Tim Burton’s ED WOOD.

During this time, Mr. Hall continued writing, which led to his first screenplay assignment, THE TOMB. Other features followed, including creating the original PUPPET MASTER, the first of Paramount’s successful direct-to-video series, and EVIL SPAWN, which he also directed. He developed GHOST WRITER, writing and directing the syndicated television feature for the Landers sisters. His latest credit as a writer was THE CLOWN AT MIDNIGHT, starring Christopher Plummer and Margot Kidder.

Mr. Hall returned to acting in Rusty Cundieff’s comedy, FEAR OF A BLACK HAT. The same producer/director team gave him the chance to combine his special effects background with his directing as the Special Makeup and Visual Effects Supervisor/Effects Second Unit Director on TALES FROM THE HOOD, a Savoy Picture executive produced by Spike Lee.

In 1995, he formed his own effects company, Total Fabrication, Inc., which has been producing outstanding work for a wide variety of clients ever since. (See CREDITS.)


MAIN I BIO I CREDITS I NEWS I GALLERY I FAQ I HALLOWEEN I CONTACT

All graphics and text copyright 2008 by Total Fabrication, Inc.
The photographs and videos on this web site are the property of Total Fabrication, Inc. and others, and may be downloaded for reference purposes only. None of these photographs may be published on another web site or any other publication or used for any other purpose without prior permission from Total Fabrication, Inc.