---
name: "Buzz Hays"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/buzz-hays"
fi1m_id: "buzz-hays"
tmdb_id: 2472757
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:54:17.696712+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Buzz Hays

## Identity

Buzz Hays

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/buzz-hays
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** buzz-hays
- **TMDB ID:** 2472757
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2472757

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Also known as:** David Hays
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2472757

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Open Season*](https://film.one/film/open-season.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Buzz Hays is a film and television producer who has worked in visual effects, animation and stereoscopic 3D production. He is credited as stereoscopic 3D producer on the animated feature *Open Season* (2006) and as co-producer on *Swimming with Sharks* (1994).

Hays holds an MFA in Film Production from the University of Southern California. He began his career at Lucasfilm, where he served as Director of Engineering in the THX Division. He later held senior roles at Sony Pictures Imageworks and founded the Sony 3D Technology Center, serving as its chief instructor. He has also worked as a producer on projects including *Beowulf* (2007) and *G-Force* (2009).

Hays is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has served as chairman of the Advanced Imaging Society. He is currently Global Market Lead for Entertainment Industry Solutions at Google Cloud.

*Sources: imdb.com, show.ibc.org, worldsciencefestival.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Open Season* (2006), Fi1m 49, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/open-season.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Eye of the Beholder* (2023), Actor
- *Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"* (2012), Thanks
- *Open Season* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/open-season.md)
- *Swimming with Sharks* (1994), Co-Producer, Sound Effects Editor
- *Zombie High* (1987), as Faculty (voice) · Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor

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