Brendan Hall

Brendan Hall is a documentary filmmaker telling stories in the natural world and beyond. In his work, Brendan is committed to sharing awe and empathy on our planet in hopes that we may be inspired to preserve it for future generations. He has traveled the world directing and filming projects for global non-profits and brands, from hunting for wooly mammoth bones in Siberia to capturing tales of generational fishing communities in French Polynesia, with partners including National Geographic, Adobe, and The Nature Conservancy. His debut feature documentary, Out There: A National Parks Story, follows a 10,000-mile journey through the U.S. national parks revealing a tapestry of stories from people encountered along the way. The film has won awards at festivals across the U.S. and screened at the Explorers Club, Public Lands Alliance, and Pixar Animation Studios. In 2022, Brendan was globally announced as a crew member of the dearMoon lunar mission led by Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa. Selected from over 1 million artists and creatives around the world, he was chosen to join Maezawa and 7 other crew members on the first ever civilian flight around the moon with SpaceX. While Brendan is a director, cinematographer and editor, he is also a night sky photographer, scuba diver and amateur juggler.