Moriah Hayes
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Moriah Hayes is a filmmaker who graduated from UC San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a double minor in Ethnic Studies and Native American & Indigenous Studies. Their interest in film originated from a video production class they took during their freshman year of high school and has blossomed into their career today. She has a strong passion for discovering and amplifying truths that have been historically undermined, underrepresented, and pushed aside through the cinematic medium. They co-founded their own production company, Shark House Cinema LLC, named in honor of Moriah's family: the Tlingit Wooshkeetaan Á'akw Kwáan of the Auke Bay region in Southeast Alaska. Her family is Eagle Wolf moiety of Tóos' Hít, Shark House. With a wide variety of film projects, it's Moriah's lifelong goal to create a strong enough ripple in the film industry to inspire, encourage, and amplify the many stories that are longing to be told.