Chad Hayes (writer)

Chad Hayes
Born	(1961-04-21) April 21, 1961 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, producer
Years active	1984–present
Children	2
Relatives	Carey Hayes (brother)

Chad Hayes (born April 21, 1961) is an American screenwriter and producer, and twin brother of Carey Hayes. They are writing partners, and wrote such films as the 2005 remake of House of Wax, The Reaping (2007) and The Conjuring (2013). He and Carey also starred in Doublemint gum commercials in their childhood. Chad has two children: Dylan and Hanna.

Early life

Hayes was born April 21, 1961, in Portland, Oregon, the identical twin brother of Carey Hayes. They were raised Baptist.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1986	Rad	Rex Reynolds
1987	Lethal Weapon	Mercenary
1989	Death Spa	Jeffrey
1990	The Dark Side of the Moon	Written by	Co-wrote with Carey Hayes
1995	Down, Out & Dangerous		Co-wrote with Carey Hayes, TV movie
1996	Twisted Desire
1997	Crowned and Dangerous		Co-wrote with Carey Hayes and Alan Hines, TV movie
1998	Suicide Dog Cracker	Bully Kid	Short film
1999	First Daughter	Written by, co-producer	Co-wrote with Carey Hayes, TV movie
	Horse Sense	Written by, executive producer
2000	First Target
	Shutterspeed	Written by, supervising producer
2001	Jumping Ship
	Invincible	Story by
2002	First Shot	Written by, supervising producer
	The Source	Boom operator
2005	House of Wax	Screenplay by	Co-wrote screenplay with Carey Hayes
2007	The Reaping	Written by
2009	Whiteout	Screenplay by	Co-wrote with Carey Hayes and Erich Hoeber & John Hoeber
2013	The Conjuring	Written by	Co-wrote with Carey Hayes
2014	Annabelle	Co-producer
2016	The Conjuring 2	Screenplay by, story by, based on the characters created by	Co-wrote screenplay with Carey Hayes & James Wan and David Leslie Johnson, co-wrote story with Carey Hayes & James Wan,
2017	The Crucifixion	Written by	Co-wrote with Carey Hayes
	She's Here	Based on the characters created by	Short film
2019	The Turning	Screenplay by	Co-wrote with Carey Hayes
TBA	McClane	Written by

Television

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1984	Emerald Point N.A.S.	Waiter	1 Episode
1985	Otherworld	Bingo
	The Twilight Zone	Peter Iverson
1988	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Engineer
1990	Booker	Written by	1 Episode, co-wrote with Carey Hayes
1991	The Flash	Story by	1 Episode, co-wrote with Carey Hayes and David L. Newman
1996	Diagnosis Murder	Written by	1 Episode, co-wrote with Carey Hayes
1996-1997	Baywatch Nights		Written by, story by, teleplay by 5 episodes, 3 episodes, 2 episodes
1998	Ghost Stories		1 Episode, co-wrote with Carey Hayes
	The Crow: Stairway to Heaven	Co-producer
1999	Baywatch	Written by	1 Episode, co-wrote with Carey Hayes
1999-2000	BeasterMaster		2 Episodes, co-wrote with Carey Hayes
2000	Mysterious Ways	Written by, supervising producer	1 Episode, co-wrote with Carey Hayes, 12 episodes
2006	Agatha Christie's Marple	Supervising producer	1 Episode

External links

• Chad Hayes at IMDb