Fiona Hall

About Fiona Hall

Fiona Hall has been working for 20 years across multiple disciplines and countries specializing in organizational strategy, creative projects & people connections. She has held leadership and strategic planning roles including Oscar nominated feature film, The Illusionist, International film festivals and in the US as a consultant at Stand Together Foundation. She has experience in human-centred software development and has a MSc in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience from UTDallas. 9 years ago, she started volunteering for Behind Every Door reading to children and joined full time 3 years later. She has held a variety of roles, particularly in literacy, technology and understanding organizational impact. She is Co-Founder of Myne software, with a goal to empower individuals, families and communities to see how their actions contribute to their growth. This has been funded locally by W.W.Caruth, Jr Fund from Communities Foundation of Texas, and internationally by Rising Tide Foundation in Switzerland. She is currently working on integrating Myne with a globally-used tool, Poverty Stoplight, to create meaningful measurement tools for nonprofits and businesses. She co-ordinates the Dallas hub, Dallas Lights with local non-profits and church partners. She has previously been involved in advocacy for literacy, women in technology and data impact as a Director of Women Who Code and continues her love of film and storytelling producing the WW2 animated documentary, Most importantly, she cares about genuine and lasting impact particularly for children and families.She is from the North-East of England and Scotland which gives her a love of the sea, creativity, and adventures. She now lives in Dallas with her animator husband and two children, who are a driving force in teaching her how to love well every day.

Experience

1. Producer

   Dancing Fish Productions Llc

   Oct 2009 — Present

   We are a Dallas, TX based animation and production house, established and run by husband and wife team, Justin and Fiona Hall.With over 20 combined years of experience in the film, TV, festival and corporate arenas, we have collected such credits as Pathe\'s Oscar nominated, The Illusionist, Vertigo Film\'s Monsters, BBC\'s OOglies, Sesame Workshop\'s Tiny Planets, BBC\'s Songs of Praise and C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia, The Edinburgh International Film Festival and The Dallas International Film Festival.Although we are based in Dallas, we are more than happy to work with anyone, anywhere and already have a wealth of experience working in the UK in particular, as we were previously based in Edinburgh, Scotland.We are currently producing a WW2 documentary film, Crew 713, with Alex Mena - We are also working with wonderful non -profits: Paper For Water, Behind Every Door and MOPS International on promotional videos

Education

• University of Stirling

  BA, Japanese and Sociology

  1997 — 2001

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master’s Degree, Applied Cognition and Neuroscience

  2016 — 2019