Gregg Hale (producer)

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Gregg Hale is an American film producer, best known for producing The Blair Witch Project and starring in the Documentary film of Blair Witch, The Woods Movie. [1]

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He was born in Selma, Alabama but considers Henderson, Kentucky his hometown. He went to Western Kentucky University for a year, before dropping out to serve for four years in the U.S. Army. After leaving the service, he moved to Orlando, Florida where he went to film school at Valencia College and the University of Central Florida. He then worked as a set dresser and prop man on features and TV shows in Orlando and Los Angeles for ten years, before producing The Blair Witch Project. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Adrian, and daughter, Amelia, and son, Deckard. [2]

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  1. Hale, Gregg. "The Woods Movie". Haxan Films . Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  2. Hale, Gregg. "About Haxan". Haxan Films . Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-07.