Oakley "Tad" Hall III (May 26, 1950[1][2] – February 13, 2011[3]) was an American playwright, director, and author.[4] The co-founder and first artistic director of Lexington Conservatory Theatre, in 1978 he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall from a bridge; he spent decades in recovery and in the process of creating a new life. He is the subject of the 2004 documentary The Loss of Nameless Things.