Simbi Hall
Simbiat Hall is a Nigerian American writer-director-producer who sold PD-X, an hour-long drama centered on experimental policing, to CBS Television Studios in collaboration with Cloud Nine Productions (MATLOCK; WOKE), showrunner Kevin Fox (POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN; LAW & ORDER) and director Rob Hardy (POWER BOOK III; ELSBETH).
Simbi adapted the Bebe Campbell Moore novel SINGING IN THE COMEBACK CHOIR for producer Reuben Cannon (THE COLOR PURPLE) in collaboration with Lifetime and director Debbie Allen (GREY’S ANATOMY). Simbi developed the half-hour comedy MIXED with Halle Berry for Lifetime and sold the feature script BRING IT! VEGAS DREAMS to Pilgrim Media.
Simbi is currently in post production on the pilot episode of HOW TO BUILD A LIFE starring Indira Gibson Wilson (THE EQUALIZER; HIM) while writing and directing a vertical project for Magic Bean Productions called PEAK SMART.
Simbi’s comedy feature script LONG STORY SHORT made the Fifth Annual Cannes Screenplay List and her short film LONG STORY SHORT has been distributed worldwide and received awards from AFI Fest, The Aspen Comedy Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, SXSW and UrbanWorld. Simbi was also honored by the Los Angeles County Museum as an outstanding new voice as part of their “Young Directors Night.”
Simbi was one of four writers selected for the writer-in-residence fellowship at the illustrious Almanack Screenwriters where she wrote the coming of age drama SUNDAY MORNING, which Cheryl Boone Isaacs (former A.M.P.A.S. president) is attached to executive produce. Simbi’s script THE ONE, a rom-com about a woman who falls in love with herself, was honored at the Aspen Comedy Fest as Best Comedy Feature.
Simbi co-wrote and produced the star studded variety special MAKE IT WORK for Women In Film and The CW featuring Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Garner, Kathryn Hahn, Kim Whitley and Alfre Woodard. Simbi also produced the politically driven talk show THE CARLOS WATSON SHOW for Ozy Media. Simbi is also a columnist and on-camera interviewer, most recently for CircleAround, an online gathering space for women created by The Girl Scouts and PR giant R&CPMK.
Simbi was a staff producer at VH1/MTV Networks and has produced on a number of multi-camera live shows including the Oscars, the Emmys and the MTV Movie Awards. Simbi was the segment producer/director on the Emmy nominated “Disney Parks’ Magical Christmas Celebration” for ABC.
Simbi graduated with honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a double major from the Institute of Film & TV and the Dramatic Writing Program and is an alumna of AFI’s prestigious “Directing Workshop for Women” and “The Guy Hanks & Marvin Miller Screenwriting Fellowship” at USC. Simbi Hall is a member of the WGA, West.
Simbi adapted the Bebe Campbell Moore novel SINGING IN THE COMEBACK CHOIR for producer Reuben Cannon (THE COLOR PURPLE) in collaboration with Lifetime and director Debbie Allen (GREY’S ANATOMY). Simbi developed the half-hour comedy MIXED with Halle Berry for Lifetime and sold the feature script BRING IT! VEGAS DREAMS to Pilgrim Media.
Simbi is currently in post production on the pilot episode of HOW TO BUILD A LIFE starring Indira Gibson Wilson (THE EQUALIZER; HIM) while writing and directing a vertical project for Magic Bean Productions called PEAK SMART.
Simbi’s comedy feature script LONG STORY SHORT made the Fifth Annual Cannes Screenplay List and her short film LONG STORY SHORT has been distributed worldwide and received awards from AFI Fest, The Aspen Comedy Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, SXSW and UrbanWorld. Simbi was also honored by the Los Angeles County Museum as an outstanding new voice as part of their “Young Directors Night.”
Simbi was one of four writers selected for the writer-in-residence fellowship at the illustrious Almanack Screenwriters where she wrote the coming of age drama SUNDAY MORNING, which Cheryl Boone Isaacs (former A.M.P.A.S. president) is attached to executive produce. Simbi’s script THE ONE, a rom-com about a woman who falls in love with herself, was honored at the Aspen Comedy Fest as Best Comedy Feature.
Simbi co-wrote and produced the star studded variety special MAKE IT WORK for Women In Film and The CW featuring Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Garner, Kathryn Hahn, Kim Whitley and Alfre Woodard. Simbi also produced the politically driven talk show THE CARLOS WATSON SHOW for Ozy Media. Simbi is also a columnist and on-camera interviewer, most recently for CircleAround, an online gathering space for women created by The Girl Scouts and PR giant R&CPMK.
Simbi was a staff producer at VH1/MTV Networks and has produced on a number of multi-camera live shows including the Oscars, the Emmys and the MTV Movie Awards. Simbi was the segment producer/director on the Emmy nominated “Disney Parks’ Magical Christmas Celebration” for ABC.
Simbi graduated with honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a double major from the Institute of Film & TV and the Dramatic Writing Program and is an alumna of AFI’s prestigious “Directing Workshop for Women” and “The Guy Hanks & Marvin Miller Screenwriting Fellowship” at USC. Simbi Hall is a member of the WGA, West.
