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Cultural theorist and sociologist born in Jamaica while it was a British colony, but living in the UK itself since 1951.

Father of Jess Hall. Brother-in-law of Margaret Rustin and Michael Rustin.

Has a few published bibliographies, all incomplete. No published lists of radio and other audio work. This IMDb entry is the first list, and only published one, of the film, television and video credits of Stuart Hall.

'Stuart Hall (III)' has a few published lists of his books, essays and lectures, all incomplete (see selected books under "Publicity").

There are no published lists - and no known unpublished ones - of 'Stuart Hall (III)''s radio and other audio work.

He was a Professor of Sociology at the Open University from 1979 to 1997.

Hall was the director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham University from 1968 to 1979.

He made a documentary film with Mike Dibb, This is Not an Illusion (2013), reflecting on his life and work.

Hall's autobiographical book, Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands, was published posthumously in 2017.

He was often called the "godfather of multiculturalism" for his work on race and identity.

He famously critiqued Thatcherism in his essay "The Great Moving Right Show" (later published in *The Hard Road to Renewal).

He edited Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices (1997), a key text in cultural studies.

He developed the influential encoding/decoding model of communication.

Hall was a frequent commentator on British television and radio, particularly on BBC programs.

His book Policing the Crisis (1978) analyzed the moral panic around mugging in 1970s Britain.

Hall was a prominent Marxist intellectual, though he moved away from orthodox Marxism over time.

He is considered one of the founders of the field of cultural studies.

His work significantly explored the concept of cultural identity, particularly in the context of diaspora.

He was actively involved in left-wing politics and intellectual debates throughout his career.

He was a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford.

Stuart Hall died in London on February 10, 2014, at the age of 82.

Hall was the first editor of the *New Left Review* journal.

Hall became a Professor Emeritus at Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 1997.

He co-edited the influential book Race, Culture & Difference (1992).