a New York-based filmmaker and producer working across action sports, outdoor culture, and documentary.

He currently produces at Red Bull Media House, where his work spans snowboarding, skateboarding, motorsports, and live/event-driven storytelling. Outside of commercial production, Hayden directs, shoots, and edits independent projects rooted in the sports and communities he spends his own time in.

He grew up between Connecticut and Vermont, skiing, skateboarding, climbing, and eventually surfing — interests that naturally became the subjects of his filmmaking. His independent surf film Eklektik reflects that approach: making work from inside the culture rather than observing it from the outside.

When he isn’t filming, Hayden can usually be found surfing, skating, skiing, climbing, shaping surfboards, or messing around with old film cameras.