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Eric Hayden

Eric Hayden

Visual Effects

Biography

Eric Hayden is a Visual Effects Supervisor at FuseFX. A VES award and HPA award nominee, he has been in the industry for nearly 20 years, bringing to the FuseFX team a diverse skill set that encompasses television, features, and commercials. His recent and noteworthy projects include Empire, Designated Survivor, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Hell on Wheels, and American Horror Story. Eric began his career as a model builder and puppeteer. Eric worked with Stan Winston and Steven Spielberg on A.I. Artificial Intelligence Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as well as with Sam Raimi as Puppet Master on Spider-Man 2 – bringing Doctor Octopus’ mechanical arms to life. He made the transition to the digital side in 2008 and found ready application for his artistic and problem-solving talents as a compositor. As a VFX Supervisor, Eric works both in the studio and on set, and enjoys collaborating with directors, cinematographers, editors and others in designing and planning complex visuals. He also wrote and directed the 2013 sci-fi feature Astronaut: The Last Push.

Known For

American Madness

"American Madness" is a deep-dive documentary into the history of Conspiracy Theories and an overview of the conspiracy culture that can take over people's lives and drive them to commit violent acts. Richard McCaslin was a comic artist, a filmmaker, but also a deeply broken person obsessed with conspiracy theories that inspired him to take dangerous action in spite of the consequences, when he donned the costume of his "super hero persona" The Phantom Patriot, infiltrated the secretive Bohemian Grove, and set it on fire. Based upon the book "American Madness" by Tea Krulos, this documentary takes a journey from the Border Wall in Texas across America in a cautionary tale for the present time, where the internet spreads false stories so fast that our population no longer lives in a shared reality with one another.

American Madness

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