John Hayes (director)

John Hayes (March 1, 1930 – August 21, 2000) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Hayes is best known for directing low-budget B-movie features and later, exploitation films.

Biography

Career

Hayes began his career in the 1950s producing and directing short films. In 1959, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the short film The Kiss.^[1]

In 1961, he directed his first full-length film The Grass Eater. In addition to directing, Hayes also served as producer and writer on many of his films. Occasionally, Hayes appeared in bit parts in television and films, mainly his own features.^[2]

Hayes died of cancer in 2000.^[2]

Filmography

Actor

• Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
• The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
• Crash! (1977)
• End of the World (1977)
• She Came to the Valley (1977)
• Up Yours – A Rockin' Comedy (1977)
• Little House: A New Beginning (1 episode, 1979)

Producer

• The Kiss (1959)
• Walk the Angry Beach (1968)
• The Cut-Throats (1969)
• Dream No Evil (1970)
• All the Lovin' Kinfolk (1970)
• The Hang Ups (1970)
• The Photographer (1974)

Writer

• Sweet Trash (1970)
• Dream No Evil (1970)
• All the Lovin' Kinfolk (1970)
• All the Lovin' Kinfolk (1970)
• 'The Hang Ups (1970)
• Heterosexualis (1973)
• Grave of the Vampire (1974)
• Jailbait Babysitter (1978)

Director

• The Grass Eater (1961)
• Five Minutes to Love (1963)
• Shell Shock (1964)
• The Farmer's Other Daughter (1965)
• Walk the Angry Beach (1968)
• Fandango (1969)
• The Cut-Throats (1969)
• Sweet Trash (1970)
• Dream No Evil (1970)
• Convicts' Women (1970)
• All the Lovin' Kinfolk (1970)
• 'The Hang Ups (1970)
• Heterosexualis (1973)
• Grave of the Vampire (1974)
• Garden of the Dead (1974)
• Mama's Dirty Girls (1974)
• End of the World (1977)
• Jailbait Babysitter (1978)
• Up Yours – A Rockin' Comedy (1979)
• Tales from the Darkside (Unknown episodes)

References

External links

• John Hayes at the Internet Movie Database
• DVD Drive In: Hollywood After Dark/The Rotten Apple