About

Known credits:
68
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

Directing
2020 Not Dead Yet Directing Director N/A
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2020 Floating Light Directing Director N/A
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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 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 Grass and Glass Directing Director 60
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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 Planetary Nebula Directing Director N/A
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2018 A Departure Directing Director N/A
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2018 Image & Illusion Directing Director N/A
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2018 The Unchanging Sea 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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Writing
2018 A Departure 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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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 Floating Light Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 Song for the Sky Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 Song for the Sky Sound Sound Designer 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 A Departure Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Planetary Nebula Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Image & Illusion Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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Crew
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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Editing
2020 Not Dead Yet Editing Editor N/A
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2020 Not Dead Yet Editing Color Grading N/A
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2020 Floating Light Editing Editor N/A
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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 Grass and Glass Editing Editor 60
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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 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 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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Visual Effects
2018 Streaks of the Spirit Visual Effects Animation N/A
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