Jordan Hall is a Canadian writer, playwright and

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creator, best known for creating the award-winning web series ''

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Early life

Hall was born in

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, Canada, where she grew up with three brothers, and where she attended

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. After moving to the west coast, she joined the rank and file of the

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in the Creative Writing MFA program.

Career

''Carmilla''

In 2013, Jordan co-created the

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-winning web series ''Carmilla'' for SmokeBomb Entertainment. The series premiered on the

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(rebranded as 'KindaTV' as of January 2016)

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channel on August 19, 2014.

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is the executive producer of the web series.Tampon Maker Finances Canadian Vampire Web Series
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'', October 17, 2014. The series takes place at the fictional Silas University in

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and is told through video journals (

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) recorded by Laura, a first-year student. The first and second seasons each consist of 36 three to seven-minute episodes. A twelve-episode prequel mini-season, "season zero," was announced just after the release of the final episode of season 2. On February 13, 2016, it was announced that ''Carmilla'' will air its third and final season in the summer of 2016. In 2016, the series won a Rockie Award for Branded Content at the

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Theatre work

Her first full-length play, ''Kayak'', won

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's 2010 Canadian Playwrights Competition, and has been produced to critical acclaim across North America. Her most recent play, ''How to Survive an Apocalypse,'' will premiere with Touchstone in 2016.

Accolades

In 2011, Hall won the

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Short Film Production Competition.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Jordan Canadian women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights Living people 21st-century Canadian women writers Writers from Hamilton, Ontario Academic staff of Capilano University Year of birth missing (living people)