Leo Hallal Colourist / Online Editor
Profile Leo is a Colourist who has been involved in all aspects of film and television post-production since 1997. He has worked in cutting rooms, film labs and post facilities in Brazil, the US and the UK, including Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope.
Since 2013, he has been working in London on branded content, documentaries and fiction films. He thinks that colour-grading is a creative extension of cinematography that allows the producer's and director's vision to prevail.
Skilled in using Davinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere and Avid Symphony - since 2004, Leo has colour- graded hundreds of films and television shows, including “Kings Point”, 2013 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary Short, and most recently climate change feature documentary "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power" with Al Gore.
Recent clients he has completed work for include Hogarth & Ogilvy and Boundless Productions. Software
Davinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere, Avid Symphony
Recent Clients Boundless Productions, Hogarth, Saatchi & Saatchi. Myriad Media, Packshot Factory, Publicis
Key Achievements
1 Oscar nomination documentary best short in 2013 6 feature length documentaries broadcast on HBO 7 Feature length documentaries broadcast on PBS 2 feature length documentaries on Netflix 100 + shows broadcast on TV GLOBO
Credits
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to power – Colourist 2017 UHD Documentary 98’, directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk; USA, Paramount Pictures
SMOKE (2017 restoration of 1995 original) - Colourist 35mm feature film, 112’, directed by Wayne Wang, USA Cast includes William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Forest Whitaker and Ashley Judd
Sarah Beeney’s Four Rooms – Boundless TV for More4 – Online Editor and Colourist Sarah Beeney presents the series where members of the public try to see head turning collectables to top dealers. But if they turn down an offer, there’s no going back
Running the World – Insight TV - Colourist Visiting beautiful and exciting locations across the globe ‘Running the World’ will give you a view of this amazing world’s you’ve never ever seen it before
Trapped – Sundance Film Festival - Colourist In ‘Trapped’, Lawyer-turned-documentarian Dawn Porter chronicles the lives of medical professionals who work at clinics subject to so-called TRAP laws
Andrie and Daisy – Sundance Film Festival - Colourist 2016 UHD documentary 95’; directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, USA, Netflix A documentary taking a look at the effects that online bullying has on the lives of teenagers and their community.
Escape To The Country – boundless production for BBC Online and Grade. The jewel of the Balkans 2014 feature film 90’, produced by Lipman Films, UK
Kings Point 2013 - Colourist HD documentary 40’, directed by Sari Gilman, USA, broadcast on HBO, Oscar Nominee Best Documentary short in 2013
50 children: the rescue mission or Mr. and Mrs Kraus 2013 - Colourist HD documentary 62’, directed by Steve Pressman, USA, broadcast on HBO
Revolutionary Optimists 2013 - Colourist HD documentary 95’, directed by Nicole Newnham, USA, broadcast on PBS
The island president 2011 - Colourist HD documentary 100’, produced by actual films, USA broadcast on HBO and on PBS
Paramount Blu-Ray release of Forrest Gump 2009 - Colourist 4 HD documentaries, total 182’, produced by American Zoetrope, USA
Eames: The architect and the painter 2011 - Colourist HD documentary 85’, directed by Jason Cohn, USA, Broadcast on PBS ‘American Masters’
Paramount Blu-Ray release of the Godfather Trilogy 2008 – Colourist 6 HD documentaries, total 77’, produced by American Zoetrope, USA
Languages Native Portuguese speaker (Brazilian) Fluent in English and Spanish
Interests Classical Music and Jazz Infrared Photography Animation