Ep. 126 - Kurt Hale - Writer, Director, Latter Day Saint Film Pioneer

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

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4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Kurt Hale is a Screenwriter, Director and Producer. He is one of the founders of Halestorm Productions and one of the pioneers of the "Mormon Film" movement. We talk about his grandparent's legacy in the theater, life growing up in California with a sudden family move, his mission, meeting (and instantly falling in love with) his wife, BYU film school, his work directing and producing such incredible hits as The Singles Ward, The R.M., The Home Teachers and so many more. We also talk about walking away from the film world for a time and what is next in his film career. Kurt is a brilliant, talented artist. He is also one of most universally liked and respected guys in Utah film.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
0:09.4	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:27.1	Hello, friends.
0:30.7	Welcome to episode 126 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:32.5	I'm your host, Sean Rupier.
0:35.3	Thank you so much for tuning in again this week.
0:40.0	We've got such a great guest. If you've ever seen the movies,
0:48.2	the singles ward, the RM, the home teachers, Latter Day Night Live, church ball, so many others,
0:55.7	those are all part of Hailstorm, and the Hail in Hailstorm is none other than my guest this week, Kurt Hale.
1:00.4	He is truly one of the pioneers of what they call the Mormon Cinema Movement.
1:07.0	He and we had his old partner, Dave Hunter, on a few months back.
1:14.4	And now we're so fortunate to have Kurt on. He's just the best. Great conversation coming up.
1:20.3	And this week in my latter-day life, actually I'll share a little bit of a follow-up on Kurt,
1:26.0	a little something that happened after our interview. It's all coming up. So sit back,
1:29.5	relax, and enjoy this week's conversation.
1:50.5	And today, here in the Latter Day Live Studios, it is my honor to have a guest who is legendary, iconic and legendary, I would say. Oh, stop right there.
1:51.7	No, your name has been brought up so many times on the show, which means I have so many questions for you.
1:56.9	So apparently it's been brought up 126 times because I'm way down your list of guests.
2:02.4	Dave gave me a hard time about that too.
2:04.4	And that's not true.
2:05.2	I can show you the list.
2:06.5	When I started the show, you were at the top of the list.
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