Production Manager & Coordinator — Cape Town

Josh
PJ Hall

Senior production manager & coordinator for international features,
documentary & TVC

Over 10 years managing productions across South Africa and internationally — from Paramount series in Kenya to BBC features, StudioCanal and Amazon. Available for remote coordination and travel-based productions worldwide.

Productions with

Paramount
BBC
StudioCanal
Amazon
Hallmark
kykNET/MNET
10+ Years experience
130+ DOCi graduates
34 Docs produced
01 / What I do

Production.
Direction.
Impact.

01

Production Coordination & Management

End-to-end coordination of features, series and TVCs — script breakdown, scheduling, crew logistics, permits and delivery. Experienced managing multiple simultaneous shoots across time zones, remotely and in-field.

02

Documentary & Social Impact

Founder of DOCi Emerging Filmmakers Programme — 130+ graduates, 34 short documentaries, international festival screenings. A decade of purpose-driven production alongside commercial work with global studios.

03

Social Media & PR for Film

Social media strategy and digital campaign management for film releases. Produced and managed the full social media and PR campaign for Bird Boy (Kalahari Pictures, 2024) as line producer.

02 / Credits

Selected
Productions

03 / DOCi EFP

Giving filmmakers
a voice.

DOCi — Emerging Filmmakers Programme is a registered non-profit founded in 2018. We provide free, 12-week, fully immersive documentary filmmaking training to students from disadvantaged communities who would otherwise have no access to film school.

Every graduate produces a broadcast-quality short documentary focused on human rights issues in their community. All 34 films have screened at international festivals.

130+ Graduates
34 Short docs
8 Courses run
Transition to Acceptance In development · NFVF
Street Dogs 2020 · Intl. festival
It's Not Enough 2020 · Intl. festival
Toilets To Let 2020 · Intl. festival
Brown Skinned Girl 2020 · Intl. Black Film Festival
Getting Into Circles 2019 · Festival selection

Supported by

  • US Consulate, Cape Town
  • American Film Showcase for Human Rights
  • Documentary Institute of South Africa
  • National Film and Video Foundation of SA
  • BERTHA Foundation
04 / About

The person
behind the
production.

Josh PJ Hall is a Cape Town-based production manager and coordinator with over a decade of experience across features, documentary, TVC and live events. He has worked with international studios and broadcasters including Paramount, BBC, StudioCanal, Amazon and Hallmark — managing and coordinating productions across South Africa, East Africa and beyond.

Josh graduated Cum Laude with a National Diploma in Film and Video Technology from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2015, receiving the Dean's Medal from the Faculty of Informatics and Design. He later completed an Honours Degree in Motion Picture Medium at AFDA Cape Town.

In 2018 Josh co-founded DOCi — Emerging Filmmakers Programme, a non-profit offering free documentary filmmaking training to students from disadvantaged communities. To date DOCi has graduated over 130 filmmakers and produced 34 short documentaries, all selected for international festivals.

Josh is bilingual in English and Afrikaans, highly experienced in international crew management and multi-timezone logistics, and equally comfortable operating remotely or in the field. He is based in Cape Town and available for international projects.

Josh has a broad understanding of the film industry and has developed a skillset that will allow him to pursue any career path he chooses. It's impossible to imagine him not being successful.

Michael S. Murphey

Producer — District 9, Judge Dredd · Kalahari Film and Media

He has at all times been hard working, reliable and highly effective.

Malcolm Kohll

Founder, Documentary Institute of SA · Former Head of AFDA Cape Town

Based Cape Town, South Africa
Available Remote · Travel · Local SA
Languages English · Afrikaans
Education Hon. AFDA · ND Cum Laude CPUT
Award Dean's Medal, CPUT 2015
Software MM Scheduling · MM Budgeting · Adobe Suite · DaVinci
Get In Touch
05 / Contact

Let's work
together.

Available for production coordination and management — remote, travel-based and local. Based in Cape Town, open to international productions worldwide.