An aspiring producer, recovering casting professional, and current Lit Manager with Citizen Skull, Jacob Hayman is the host of the ‘First and Third Wednesdays’ networking event at The Red Lion Tavern, and was a former participant in the 2020 CSA BIPOC Alliance Mentorship and 2021 HRTS Mentorship programs, under Artios Award-winner Stephanie Holbrook and Additive Management’s Adden Laughlin, respectively. Prior to then, he served as a feature Casting Assistant to Jan Glaser (The Munsters), commercial Casting Coordinator for Clio-winner Terry Berland (‘Invader Zim’), unscripted Casting Associate Producer to Artios Award-nominee Katy Wallin (‘Wipeout’), and Executive Assistant to Michael Greenwald at Endorse Management Group, after spending a fair amount of time as a bartender, projectionist, and server while freelancing on set, and interning at Eclectic Pictures and Partos Co.
Features for which he served as Casting Director have won ‘Feature Drama’ and ‘New Visions’ at Cinequest (Trust), as well as ‘Best Actress’ at the DTLA Film Festival (This Is Your Song), while Wine Club was nominated for ‘Best Comedy Feature’ and twice for ‘Best Actor’ at Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle Film Festival. He was also the Production Coordinator on Katie’s Mom, which won ‘Best Fusion Feature’ at Dances With Films, while his short film producing debut, Fudgie Freddie, screened at Beyond Fest and was nominated for ‘Best Midnight Short’ and ‘Best Actor’ at FilmQuest. Until the latter’s passing in May 2024, he also read scripts and did research assignments for Oscar-winner Fred Roos (Godfather Part II), and to this day prioritizes tiki bars, fire pits, and movie nights with dear friends. To close out the aforementioned year, he will be serving as a Juror for ScreenCraft’s Drama competition and a Semifinalist judge for the Austin Film Festival’s screenwriting competition.
A fan of maximalist trash and minimalist beauty, he’d love to bring more silliness and heart into the world before it explodes.