About

Known credits:
142
Birthday:
1993-11-05
Place of birth:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Website:
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Eli Hayes

Overview

Eli Grier Hayes (November 6th, 1993 - May 23rd, 2020) was an independent experimental filmmaker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He fell in love with cinema at a relatively early age upon viewing the works of directors such as James Benning and Chantal Akerman. Eli began screenwriting as he entered high school, and directed his first short films, "The Life That Follows" and "Nobody," during his senior year. While enrolled at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York -- where he received his bachelor's degree in abnormal psychology, with a minor in creative writing -- he founded Hazel Eye Productions. Eli has since directed, produced & edited more than twenty-five feature films, and approximately fifty short films. His work has been screened at over seventy festivals across six continents, including The Beijing International Short Film Festival, Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival, The Pune Short Film Festival, The Princeton Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne, and The Milwaukee Short Film Festival, as well as venues such as Anthology Film Archives and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 2017, he graduated from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee with a master's degree in film & creative media, and went on to become the Project Manager at The Nashville Film Institute. He was also a long, prominent figure on the social media website, Letterboxd, where he often promoted his own work and helped spread awareness of multiple, under-seen works from other established and newcomer filmmakers. In 2019, Eli had relocated back to his home city of Milwaukee, where he was working on several different projects, both short form and feature length, before passing away on May 23rd, 2020 at the age of 26.

Known for

Acting
2019 The Life That Follows Redux Actor 59
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Nobody Actor Eli Everson N/A
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Directing
2022 The Invisible Landscape Directing Director 59
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2020 La La La Directing Director 59
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2020 Island Directing Director 59
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2020 Of the Wind Directing Director 59
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2020 The Projected Rays Directing Director N/A
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2020 Not Dead Yet Directing Director N/A
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2020 The Core of the Wood Directing Director 59
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2020 A Lysergic Lullaby Directing Director 59
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2020 Fallen Directing Director N/A
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2020 Floating Light Directing Director N/A
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2019 The Life That Follows Redux Directing Director 59
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2019 Unbalanced Redux Directing Director 59
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2019 Digital Ghost Train Directing Director 59
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2019 Looking Glass Directing Director 59
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2019 Penumbra Directing Director 59
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2019 Song for the Sky Directing Director N/A
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2019 Histoire(s) du Temps Directing Director N/A
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2019 Beneath the Path and Beyond Directing Director 59
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2019 After Summer Directing Director N/A
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2019 A Florida Melancholy Directing Director N/A
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2019 Bleeding Solar Directing Director N/A
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2019 Epsilon Directing Director N/A
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2019 Poem for Calvin Directing Director 59
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2019 Grass and Glass Directing Director 60
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2018 So We Dance Directing Director 59
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2018 A Round Reminiscence Directing Director 59
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2018 One Minute Landscape(s) Directing Director 59
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2018 To the Sea Directing Director 59
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2018 Sedation Directing Director 59
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2018 The Growing Glow Directing Director N/A
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2018 Streaks of the Spirit Directing Director N/A
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2018 The Outward View Directing Director N/A
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2018 Barbara Directing Director N/A
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2018 Glacier Directing Director 59
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2018 A Departure Directing Director N/A
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2018 Planetary Nebula Directing Director N/A
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2018 Turnpike Directing Director 59
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2018 Image & Illusion Directing Director N/A
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2018 Carrot Boy Directing Director 59
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2018 Watchtower Directing Director 59
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2018 Countenances in the Concrete Directing Director N/A
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2018 The Unchanging Sea Directing Director N/A
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2018 Cloudburst Directing Director N/A
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2018 Pharos Directing Director N/A
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2018 War of the Ants Directing Director N/A
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2018 A Florida Melancholy Directing Director 59
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2018 A Fold in Space Directing Director N/A
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2015 Stalk Directing Director 58
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2014 Dr. Grapefruit Directing Director 58
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2013 Reflections Directing Director 59
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Nobody Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2018 A Departure Writing Writer N/A
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2018 A Fold in Space Writing Writer N/A
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Nobody Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2020 Morning Has Broken Production Executive Producer N/A
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2020 Not Dead Yet Production Producer N/A
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2020 A Lysergic Lullaby Production Producer 59
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2019 After Summer Production Producer N/A
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2019 A Florida Melancholy Production Producer N/A
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2019 Bleeding Solar Production Producer N/A
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2019 These Days Production Producer N/A
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2019 Grass and Glass Production Producer 60
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2018 Regarding the Case of Joan of Arc Production Executive Producer 58
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2018 The Growing Glow Production Producer N/A
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2018 Planetary Nebula Production Producer N/A
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2018 A Departure Production Producer N/A
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2018 Image & Illusion Production Producer N/A
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Sound
2020 Final Task Sound Original Music Composer 61
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2020 A Lysergic Lullaby Sound Music 59
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2020 A Lysergic Lullaby Sound Sound Mixer 59
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2020 Floating Light Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 Unbalanced Redux Sound Music 59
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2019 Digital Ghost Train Sound Music 59
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2019 Penumbra Sound Music 59
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2019 Song for the Sky Sound Sound Designer N/A
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2019 Song for the Sky Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 After Summer Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 A Florida Melancholy Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 The Growing Glow Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Planetary Nebula Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 A Departure Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Image & Illusion Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Cloudburst Sound Music N/A
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Camera
Nobody Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2019 Unbalanced Redux Crew Cinematography 59
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2019 Beneath the Path and Beyond Crew Cinematography 59
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2019 After Summer Crew Cinematography N/A
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2019 A Florida Melancholy Crew Cinematography N/A
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2019 Phantom Mary Crew Thanks 59
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2019 Bleeding Solar Crew Cinematography N/A
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2018 The Growing Glow Crew Cinematography N/A
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2018 Image & Illusion Crew Cinematography N/A
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2014 Dr. Grapefruit Crew Cinematography 58
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2013 Reflections Crew Cinematography 59
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Editing
2020 La La La Editing Editor 59
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2020 Island Editing Editor 59
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2020 Of the Wind Editing Editor 59
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2020 The Projected Rays Editing Editor N/A
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2020 Not Dead Yet Editing Color Grading N/A
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2020 Not Dead Yet Editing Editor N/A
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2020 The Core of the Wood Editing Editor 59
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2020 The Core of the Wood Editing Color Grading 59
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2020 A Lysergic Lullaby Editing Editor 59
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2020 Fallen Editing Editor N/A
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2020 Floating Light Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Unbalanced Redux Editing Editor 59
Average
2019 Digital Ghost Train Editing Editor 59
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2019 Looking Glass Editing Editor 59
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2019 Penumbra Editing Editor 59
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2019 Song for the Sky Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Histoire(s) du Temps Editing Editor N/A
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2019 After Summer Editing Editor N/A
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2019 A Florida Melancholy Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Bleeding Solar Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Epsilon Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Grass and Glass Editing Editor 60
Fair
2018 So We Dance Editing Editor 59
Average
2018 A Round Reminiscence Editing Editor 59
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2018 One Minute Landscape(s) Editing Editor 59
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2018 To the Sea Editing Editor 59
Average
2018 Sedation Editing Editor 59
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2018 The Growing Glow Editing Editor N/A
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2018 Streaks of the Spirit Editing Editor N/A
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2018 The Outward View Editing Editor N/A
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2018 Barbara Editing Editor N/A
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2018 Glacier Editing Editor 59
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2018 Turnpike Editing Editor 59
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2018 Planetary Nebula Editing Editor N/A
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2018 A Departure Editing Editor N/A
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2018 Image & Illusion Editing Editor N/A
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2018 Carrot Boy Editing Editor 59
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2018 Watchtower Editing Editor 59
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2018 Countenances in the Concrete Editing Editor N/A
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2018 The Unchanging Sea Editing Editor N/A
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2018 Pharos Editing Editor N/A
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2018 War of the Ants Editing Editor N/A
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2014 Dr. Grapefruit Editing Editor 58
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2013 Reflections Editing Editor 59
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Nobody Editing Editor N/A
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Visual Effects
2018 Streaks of the Spirit Visual Effects Animation N/A
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