Michael Hull

As a three-time Emmy® nominated, and multi-award winning producer/director, Hull has worked in many production disciplines; commercial, music video, documentary, corporate film and independent film. He is known for his ability to deliver work that is engaging. Hull's style blends a methodical, hand-crafted approach with an urgent realism. Always infused with a narrative style, his work is committed and distinctive.

His 30+ year career has seen Hull's award-winning work grace many of the world's leading brands; ESPN, Clorox, Hewlett-Packard (national commercial campaigns and international high-tech documentaries), MasterCard (the longest running DRTV ad of its time), DIVA TV (the world's first interactive television system), World Cup Soccer, as-well-as keynote films for global events such as the 2002 UN Summit on Sustainable Development held in South Africa. Brand commercial work for the nation's fastest growing craft beer and a farm & ranch retailer have garnered him his recent Emmy® nominations. Michael has taught and lectured at Santa Clara University and the University of Oregon. His global production experience has taken him to India, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Haiti and throughout the EU.

Hull's early career included work on Michael Jackson's chart-topping charity song, 'We are the World' as-well-as SFX supervision on Billboard's #2 country hit 'Rock my World (Little Country Girl)' and concert footage for Tim McGraw.

In 2004 Hull co-founded AHM Brands, a fully integrated branding agency and production company headquartered in the Pacific Northwest. Clients include luxury craft beer brands, an international forest products company, international publishers, and multiple Summer Olympic Trials, to name a few.

Together with producing partner, and award winning screenwriter John Kelly, Talemena Films was formed in support of the team's growing roster of film and TV projects.

FEATURES CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT
• Sunset Over Troubadour (drama/adventure Principal Photography 5/2025)
• Lost & Found (Teen horror - feature - Principal Photography 10/2025)

RECENT RELEASES
• An Egypt Affair (Neo-noir thriller shot in the Nile Valley) Feature
Domestic Release - Feb 2024
• Pendulum (award winning drama/si-fi) Short Winner Stage 32 Short Film Contest
Selected to screen at Academy qualifying Raindance and Hollyshorts Film Festivals
• Forfeit (award winning drama) Short

POST PRODUCTION
• Finding Brandon (action/drama) Short