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Chris Hayden(I)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
  • Producer
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Chris Hayden is known for Grey's Anatomy (2005), Hustle & Flow (2005) and The Pretender (1996).
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    Known for

    James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
    Grey's Anatomy
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Ludacris, and Taryn Manning in Hustle & Flow (2005)
    Hustle & Flow
    7.3
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2005
    Andrea Parker and Michael T. Weiss in The Pretender (1996)
    The Pretender
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Lizette Carrion, Dennis Christopher, Ethan Embry, Karim Prince, and Lisa Sheridan in FreakyLinks (2000)
    FreakyLinks
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Matt Czuchry, Bruce Greenwood, Emily VanCamp, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Manish Dayal, and Anuja Joshi in The Resident (2018)
      The Resident
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Light (2017)
      Light
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2017
    • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
      Grey's Anatomy
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 2005–2015
    • Grey's Anatomy: Come Rain or Shine (2007)
      Grey's Anatomy: Come Rain or Shine
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director (as Christopher Hayden)
      • 2007
    • Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Grey's Anatomy: Every Moment Counts (2007)
      Grey's Anatomy: Every Moment Counts
      7.9
      TV Special
      • first assistant director (as Christopher Hayden)
      • 2007
    • Grey's Anatomy: Complications of the Heart
      8.2
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 2006
    • Grey's Anatomy: Under Pressure (2006)
      Grey's Anatomy: Under Pressure
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director (as Christopher Hayden)
      • 2006
    • Grey's Anatomy: Straight to the Heart (2006)
      Grey's Anatomy: Straight to the Heart
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 2006
    • Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Ludacris, and Taryn Manning in Hustle & Flow (2005)
      Hustle & Flow
      7.3
      • second assistant director
      • 2005
    • Sucker Free City (2004)
      Sucker Free City
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 2004
    • Natasha Henstridge, Kristen Miller, and Natashia Williams in She Spies (2002)
      She Spies
      6.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second assistant director
      • 2002–2004
    • Michael Chiklis in The Shield (2002)
      The Shield
      8.7
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2002–2003
    • Lizette Carrion, Dennis Christopher, Ethan Embry, Karim Prince, and Lisa Sheridan in FreakyLinks (2000)
      FreakyLinks
      7.9
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • first assistant director
      • 2000–2001
    • The Big House
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 2001
    • James Cromwell, Embeth Davidtz, Jane Adams, and Jacinda Barrett in Citizen Baines (2000)
      Citizen Baines
      6.5
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2000–2001

    Production Manager

    • Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch in Monsters (2022)
      Monsters
      7.8
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2024
    • Brie Larson in Lessons in Chemistry (2023)
      Lessons in Chemistry
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2023
    • Rob Lowe and Gina Torres in 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)
      9-1-1: Lone Star
      7.3
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2020–2022
    • Sarah Paulson in Ratched (2020)
      Ratched
      7.2
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2020
    • Emma Roberts in American Horror Story (2011)
      American Horror Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2018
    • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
      Grey's Anatomy
      7.6
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2015–2017

    Producer

    • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
      Grey's Anatomy
      7.6
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • 2016–2017

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      • Christopher Hayden

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