Rod Hall

Roderick Thomas Berringer (Rod) Hall (27 April 1951 – 21 May 2004), literary agent who represented several successful British writers.

Having worked for London agency A.P. Watt, he set up his own, the Rod Hall Agency , in 1997.

Hall was found dead, with multiple stab wounds, in his Southwark, south London, England apartment.

Following his death, the films "Driving Lessons" and "Imagine Me & You" as well as the stage play Mercury Fur were dedicated to him.

Clients

Hall's agency represented more than 60 writers, including:

• Simon Beaufoy (wrote The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire)
• Jeremy Brock (wrote Mrs. Brown)
• Lee Hall (wrote Billy Elliot)
• Liz Lochhead (Scottish poet)
• Martin McDonagh (playwright)
• Philip Ridley (playwright, screenwriter, director)
• Richard Smith (wrote Trauma)
• Juliette Towhidi (wrote Calendar Girls)
• Simon Nye (wrote the television show Men Behaving Badly).

External links

• BBC report of Hall's death