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James R.W. Hiatt

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Director
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James Robert Wesley Hiatt is the CEO and one of the founders of Mændström - a turn-key full service Production Company. He grew up in Wilmore, Kentucky - a town of 6,000 people, two stop lights, and more PhDs and Masters degrees than streets. He graduated from Asbury University in 2010, with a BA in Media and Communication Studies, with emphases in Film, TV Production, and Performance. He also studied Literature, Philosophy, and Forensics. In 2009, He attended the Los Angeles Film Studies Program, and Interned with Sideshow Media Group. He has resided in Los Angeles since 2010, mostly working as a Director and First AD.
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Known for:

Midnight by Ships Have Sailed (2014)
Midnight by Ships Have Sailed
Short
  • Director
  • 2014
The Aether Ignites
3.2
Short
  • Director
  • 2009
Richard Tyson, Vernon Wells, and Titus Paar in The Perfect Weapon (2016)
The Perfect Weapon
2.9
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 2016
Van Gogh's Ear
3.2
Short
  • Director
  • 2009

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Devil Comes to Kansas City
    • first assistant director
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Issac
    • assistant director, first assistant director
    • Completed
  • Winterset
    • first assistant director
    • Post-production
  • Dweller
    • second unit assistant director
    • Completed
  • The Pastor
    • first assistant director, second unit director
    • Post-production
  • Singularities
    • first assistant director
    • Post-production
  • Scared to Death
    • first assistant director
    • Post-production
  • Santa Games (2022)
    Santa Games
    • first assistant director
    • 2022
  • Kaya Stewart in If Things Go South (2022)
    If Things Go South
    • first assistant director
    • Short
    • 2022
  • We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)
    We Are Gathered Here Today
    • first assistant director
    • 2022
  • Capital Theatre: Fait Accompli
    • assistant director
    • Music Video
    • 2022
  • Bury Me (2022)
    Bury Me
    • first assistant director
    • 2022
  • I, Challenger (2022)
    I, Challenger
    • first assistant director
    • 2022
  • Deep in the Forest (2021)
    Deep in the Forest
    • first assistant director
    • 2021
  • Remington Leith, Sebastian Danzig, and Emerson Barrett in Palaye Royale: Punching Bag (2021)
    Palaye Royale: Punching Bag
    • first assistant director
    • Music Video
    • 2021
  • Remington Leith, Sebastian Danzig, and Emerson Barrett in Palaye Royale: No Love in LA (2021)
    Palaye Royale: No Love in LA
    • first assistant director
    • Music Video
    • 2021
  • John Schneider, Marisa Brown, and Grace Van Dien in Riding Faith (2020)
    Riding Faith
    • first assistant director
    • second unit director
    • 2020
  • Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2019)
    Exorcism at 60,000 Feet
    • first assistant director
    • 2019
  • 40 and Single (2018)
    40 and Single
    • first assistant director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Erika Solsten and Vince Hill-Bedford in Adopted (2013)
    Adopted
    • first assistant director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Wake (2018)
    Wake
    • first assistant director
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Day of Matthew Montgomery (2018)
    The Day of Matthew Montgomery
    • first assistant director
    • Short
    • 2018

Additional Crew

  • A Shot for Justice (2019)
    A Shot for Justice
    • production consultant
    • 2019
  • Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2019)
    Exorcism at 60,000 Feet
    • production consultant
    • 2019
  • Any Day (2015)
    Any Day
    • production assistant
    • 2015
  • Shenae Grimes-Beech, Michael Steger, Dustin Milligan, AnnaLynne McCord, Jessica Stroup, and Tristan Mack Wilds in 90210 (2008)
    90210
    • office production assistant
    • production assistant
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2012
  • The Great Camera Shootout 2011 (2011)
    The Great Camera Shootout 2011
    • production assistant
    • TV Series
    • 2011

Director

  • I'm through with love by Erin Gavin (2021)
    I'm through with love by Erin Gavin
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Erika Solsten and Vince Hill-Bedford in Adopted (2013)
    Adopted
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Smash
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2015
  • Fade Away by Sabrina Petrini
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Drive by Ships Have Sailed
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Chemically Imbalanced by KingQueen
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Silent Message
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Midnight by Ships Have Sailed (2014)
    Midnight by Ships Have Sailed
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • April Spry in All About April (2010)
    All About April
    • series director
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • The Aether Ignites
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Van Gogh's Ear
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2009

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • James Hiatt
  • Height
    • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
  • Other works
    Music Video: Production Coordinator. Kaskade "Atmosphere", Produced by Danyi Deats, and Directed by Paul Boyd.

Did you know

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    He loves to travel, and has visited 45 of 50 states (still missing Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont, Oregon, and Idaho.), 7 of the provinces of Canada (including Vancouver where he was a Steadicam 1rst AC on the Cross Country Skiing course of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. He has also visited the Virgin Islands, France, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. He hopes to do more international traveling in the time to come.

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