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David Hayes

College of Arts and Sciences

Course(s) Approved:

  • COM-331 - Visual Media and Storytelling
  • ENG-356 - The Short Story

Education

  • 2009 - Master of Fine Arts - National University

Awards Received

  • 2010 - Finalist for Executive Privilege (Bridge International Screenplay Competition)
  • 2010 - 2010 GCU "Most Inspirational Professor" (GCU)
  • 2009 - Best Picture for Graceland (A3F Heroes and Villains)
  • 2008 - Finalist for Easter Falls (Arizona Film & Television Festival)
  • 2007 - 1st Place for 31 Flavors (Visionary Studios Script Competition)
  • 2003 - Telly Award for "I am Mesa" PSA for the City of Mesa, AZ (PSA for the City of Mesa)
  • 1999 - 1999 Troma Nuke 'Em Screenwriting Competition, 1st Place (Troma Nuke 'Em Screenwriting Competition)

Research Interests

  • Course Development

Fine Arts Performances & Workshops

  • A Man Called Nereus - Armored Vision
  • Swamp Ho - Artists Unlimited
  • Crushed Velvet - My Worst Enemy/BLFE
  • Little Big Boy - Sonderholm/Denmark
  • Bloody, Bloody Bible Camp - BBBC, LLC
  • Goodbye Light - Saturday Morning Productions
  • R. E. M. 2 - Big Brain Pictures
  • Horor - Big Brain Pictures
  • Nightmare Alley - Brain Damage Films
  • Vampegeddon - Cinema M3 (distributed by BDF)
  • Five Days - Black List Film Empire (Festival Selection), A3F 48 Hour Film Challenge, A3F Best Style Winner & 3rd
  • Return to Yucca Flats - Abnormal Entertainment; Official Selection - 2009 Gut Check Film Festival
  • Tour de Force - Sonderholm/Denmark
  • The Prometheus Project - Ominous Productions;Official Selection - ScareFest 2010;- 2010 Phoenix International Film Festival
  • Blood Moon Rising - Universal/Triumphant;Official Selection:2009 Intl. Horror & SciFi Film Festival,2010 Fear Festival
  • Graceland - Victory Angel Films; Official Selection 2009 A3F Heroes & Villains Festival - Best Picture
  • "Sgt. Lane Chronicles" - LLC
  • The Virgin Murders - Monkey Productions
  • Silo Killers: The Wrath of Kyle - SRS Cinema/Sub Rosa Studios
  • Machined Reborn - Lions Gate Entertainment
  • Orville - Lions Gate Entertainment
  • Montauk - No Sheep Pictures
  • Jackrabbit - Purple Crayon Productions
  • undone - Carbon Based Entertainment/Abnormal Entertainment.
  • Faded Flowers - LLC
  • Melvyn's Clock - Extraordinary Film Project
  • Puppet Show - Brain Damage Films
  • Death Factory: Bloodletting - WellGo USA
  • Slices - Other Side Cinema
  • Unjust - Red C Productions
  • Star Power - Dynamic Film
  • Sportkill - Lions Gate Entertainment
  • Riverdead - Out of Pocket Films (seeking distribution)
  • Machined - Lions Gate Entertainment
  • Big River - Kitano/Bandai
  • Laws of Deception - Table Coolwave Pictures
  • Dark Places - Cinema M3 (distributed by BDF)
  • Blown - SRS Cinema/Sub Rosa Studios
  • Eye of Cruelty - Eye Partners
  • Oranges: Revenge of the Eggplant - Red Letter Media
  • Jimmy Eat World - DreamWorks
  • The Perfect Cut - Outside Media Group
  • El Cerebro de Hitler - Bowlegged Man Media
  • Back Woods - Abnormal Entertainment (distributed by SRS)
  • Deadly Scavengers - Eclectic DVD
  • Roleplay - Button Pictures
  • "Jimmy?s Got Time" - Good News Ministry
  • Danny?s Story - Good News Ministry
  • Ed Wood's Devil Girls - Bowlegged Man Media
  • Focal Point - Abnormal Entertainment
  • Red Corvette - Car Angel/Boat Angel
  • Grindhouse Universe - Ban 1 Productions
  • The Rainbow Avenger on Boxer Shorts DVD -
  • Anthem - R-Squared Films
  • Closets - Old World Producers
  • Blood Guardian - Old World Producers
  • Shower of Blood - Film Fusion (distributed by BDF)
  • Stage Fright - Flicks of Fury
  • Cyclone - Synapse Films DVD
  • Ultimate Film Fanatic Special - IFC TV
  • The Latex Grail - Available in Minute Movies
  • Red Dress/Heart Disease - Copy for national :30 spot -
  • StockBetting -
  • PC Posse -
  • Lover's Lane, Ltd. -
  • 1-900 Company Two 5-minute infomercials -
  • PJ's Camera -
  • The Online Goldmine - 1480AM Air America Phoenix
  • Kevin and Dave Unleashed - KWSS 106.7FM
  • The Movie Burrito - KNOT Radio
  • Secrets of Sweet Sixteen - Code Red DVD
  • Super Argo - Code Red DVD
  • Don't Go In the Woods... Alone - Code Red DVD
  • Teenage Mother - Code Red DVD
  • Rage on the Stage - Unleashed Pubs
  • Cravings - Feral Features, LLC
  • L'orgia di Sangue del Condannato - Abnormal E.
  • Cinema Head Cheese - Abnormal Entertainment
  • Be an Online Powerbroker - Abnormal Ent.
  • Dial P for Peanuts - College of Fine Arts
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Professional Affiliations

  • International Screenwriters Association
  • Theatre Communications Group
  • Maricopa Adjunct Faculty Association
  • Fractured Atlas, Associate Member
  • Performing Arts Alliance
  • 2011 - Horror Writers Association
  • 2009 - Dramatists Guild