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Deon Hayman

  • Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Actor
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Walking the red carpet in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival for the film "The Don of Virgil Jr. High".
Acclaimed as one of this generation's next filmmakers to watch, Deon is a "multi-award winning" screenwriter, director, producer and SAG/Aftra actor with a diversified genre of storytelling, ranging from Comedies and Dramas, to Sci-Fi's and Thrillers, to Faith-Based and even Westerns.

He is a UCLA graduate, having studies in Film/Television and a degree in Ancient Civilizations. He first garnered his creative media experience working for Walt Disney Imagineering, where he assisted in developing projects from theme park 4-D rides to major feature films, such as Pirates of the Caribbean. He has written several television pilots and over a dozen feature screenplays, and he has directed short films, webisodes and pilots that have won numerous Best Film Awards in film & television festivals all over the world.
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  • Awards
    • 5 wins & 1 nomination

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The 2021 International Christion Film & Music Festival
Setting up a shot for "What's Your Problem"
Sundance Film Festival at the Blackhouse Foundation for "The Don of Virgil Jr. High".
Best Short Film Winner at the Urban Media Makers Film Festival for the film "The Bathroom Attendant".
Winners of Best Comedy Short at NBC-Universal Shorts Film Festival for "The Don of Virgil Jr. High".
The NBC/Universal Comedy Short Film Festival
Comic Con International Independent Film Festival for "The Historian Paradox".
Comic Con International Film Festival for "The Historian Paradox".
Pan African Film Festival for "The Bathroom Attendant".

Known for

The Historian Paradox (2011)
The Historian Paradox
7.8
Short
  • Director
  • 2011
Eric Bivens-Bush, Nefetari Spencer, America Young, Steven Barry, Randy Shelly, Gary Pease, Adrian Schemm, Shane Kaufman, J Michael Briggs, Walter D. Shaw III, Deon Hayman, Jilani Ghafur, Jennifer Soto, Arielle Lopez-Ibarra, and Kayla Hawkins in The Don of Virgil Jr. High (2007)
The Don of Virgil Jr. High
8.3
Short
  • Director
  • 2007
Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
8.1
  • Additional Crew
  • 2003
Matthew Fox and Emile Hirsch in Speed Racer (2008)
Speed Racer
6.0
  • Visual Effects
  • 2008

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Director

  • Julie Ann Fay and Jeffrey Charles Morgan in What's Your Problem? (2021)
    What's Your Problem?
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • John Scarf, Carl Ray, and Wanda Dorn in THE CARL RAY STORY: A Killing in Choctaw (2017)
    THE CARL RAY STORY: A Killing in Choctaw
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Shay Roundtree and Zackery Charles in The Bathroom Attendant (2013)
    The Bathroom Attendant
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • The Historian Paradox (2011)
    The Historian Paradox
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Sid Burston, Steve Connell, Eileen Grubba, Tiffany Lowery, Dalila Ali Rajah, Poetri, Mindee de Lacey, Stewart Scott, Deon Hayman, Tom Sepenzis, William Thomas Jones, Hansel Gonzalez, Juren Smith, Joanna Berdzinska, Kimberly Allen, and Kim Allen in Poetri-N-Motion (2009)
    Poetri-N-Motion
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2009
  • Eric Bivens-Bush, Nefetari Spencer, America Young, Steven Barry, Randy Shelly, Gary Pease, Adrian Schemm, Shane Kaufman, J Michael Briggs, Walter D. Shaw III, Deon Hayman, Jilani Ghafur, Jennifer Soto, Arielle Lopez-Ibarra, and Kayla Hawkins in The Don of Virgil Jr. High (2007)
    The Don of Virgil Jr. High
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007

Additional Crew

  • Reflections of China (2003)
    Reflections of China
    • production assistant
    • Short
    • 2003
  • Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003)
    Mickey's PhilharMagic
    • production assistant
    • Short
    • 2003
  • Mission: Space (2003)
    Mission: Space
    • production assistant
    • Short
    • 2003
  • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
    • creative assistant
    • 2003
  • CinéMagique (2002)
    CinéMagique
    • production assistant
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Soarin' (2001)
    Soarin'
    • production assistant
    • Short
    • 2001
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans in The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show (1997)
    The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show
    • production assistant
    • TV Series
    • 1997

Actor

  • 96 Souls (2016)
    96 Souls
    • Diner Patron
    • 2016
  • Jackée Harry, John Marshall Jones, Ken Lawson, and Dorien Wilson in In the Cut (2015)
    In the Cut
    • Chef
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Deadly Sins (2012)
    Deadly Sins
    • Van Brett Watkins (aka New York)
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
    True Blood
    • Parishioner (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • The Marriage Lottery
    • Team Deon
    • Video
    • 2012

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    • Deon H. Hayman

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