WILL HAYS
ABOUT
I am a film production and screenwriting student at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) School of Film and Television.
During high school, I earned a certification in AVID Media Composer through a career tech program. I also spent two summers at LMU's School of Film and Television studying screenwriting, and one summer studying cinematography at UCLA's Pre-College Summer Institute, through the School of Theater, Film and Television.
Together with my close filmmaking peers, I have written and directed short films that have been recognized at both national and international student film festivals and competitions, including earning the Silver Key Award from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, an arts competition held through the National Endowment for the Arts. Additionally, I was a Quarter-Finalist at the Student World Impact Festival, a Semi-Finalist at the Student Los Angeles Film Awards, a Finalist at the Santa Barbara Indie Film Festival, and I received a nomination for the Emerging Talent Award (with co- director, Brody Gibbs) at the All American High School Film Festival in New York City.
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Film is my passion. I genuinely love making movies. It's what I want to do with my life.

TOOL KIT
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Camera: Canon C200, Zhiyun Crane 3S Pro
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Sound: RODE Wireless Recording System
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Software: Adobe Premiere Pro, Black Magic DaVinci Resolve, AVID Media Composer, Final Draft
Score and Music: FL Studio, Logic, GarageBand, Epidemic
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CLIENTS​​
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Love Street Sound (Robby Krieger/The Doors)
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The Music Path (Mitch Zelezny & Robby Krieger/The Doors)​