Brett Hays

Brett Hays

History

Brett Hays is an American film Producer, Line Producer and Unit Production Manager. He holds a degree in Graphic Design and a minor in Information Technology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is the co-owner of Shatterglass and has been the lead producer since their formation in 2005. Brett is also a co-founder and member of the Board of directors for the CU Film Society.

Profile

Brett Hays

Movies

Happily Never After
Co-Producer
When a wedding planner falls in love with the soon-to-be groom, she decides the bride has to disappear.
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
Producer
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.
Hammer Down
Executive Producer
A young girl travels across state lines, smuggling a mysterious cargo with her stoic, truck-driving father.
Killing Eleanor
Unit Production Manager
A terminally ill old lady who wants to die on her own terms convinces a self-destructive addict to help kill her, in exchange for clean urine.
The Thing About Harry
Line Producer
Two high school enemies, uber-jock Harry and out-and-proud Sam, are forced to share a car ride to their Missouri hometown for a friend's engagement party on Valentine's Day. Things take a turn when Sam learns Harry has come out.
Friend Request
Producer
This is a film about the 'very hush-hush' human trafficking industry. It will bring awareness to this multi-billion dollar scourge.
Girl on the Third Floor
Unit Production Manager
Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.
Girl on the Third Floor
Line Producer
Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.
Friend Request
Producer
The reappearance of an old flame puts a district attorney's career in jeopardy.
Working Man
Unit Production Manager
When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.
Working Man
Line Producer
When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.
Thrill Ride
Co-Producer
Three kids sneak into a closed-up amusement park after hearing rumors that infamous gangster Al Capone once buried treasure there. However, soon after arriving the attractions roar to life, and the kids must enlist the help of a witch in order to survive the night.
The Hollow
Co-Producer
When a U.S. congressman's daughter passing through a small town in Mississippi dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents descends to investigate, the team's brilliant but jaded lead agent battling demons both past and present, as his beautiful, tough-as-nails partner tries to hold him and the case together. They find a struggling and corrupt sheriff's department, a shadowy and much-feared figure, who seems to be pulling all of the town's strings from his mansion on the edge of town and a local victim with a strange connection to a number of the town's most prominent figures.
Consumed
Line Producer
When Sophie's son, Garrett, develops a mysterious illness, she embarks on a search for answers. This leads her into the controversial world of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) where a sociopolitical battle rages between organic farmers and big biotech corporations. As her desperation grows, so too does her quest for knowledge. And the deeper she goes, a more heightened sense of danger develops that preys on her state of mind, as she attempts to discover the root cause of her son's illness.
The Origins of Wit and Humor
Producer
A comedy writer's need for approval leads him to a wonder elixir that bends his world into a surreal landscape of comedy tropes, which forces him to explore his own worth outside the writer's room.
The Drunk
Co-Producer
The hard drinking grandson of a legendary labor leader gets arrested for drunk driving. He decides to run for Governor against the corrupt prosecuting attorney.