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name: "John Hayes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-hayes-1664001"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:22:18.240682+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."
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# John Hayes

Director. Born in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2691857/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1664001

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Vera*](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) (72)

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## Biography

John Hayes is an IFTA-nominated director based in Dublin, Ireland. He has directed episodes of the ITV crime drama *Vera* (2017), the BBC/Starz series *Dublin Murders* (2019), the BBC mini-series *Nightsleeper* (2024) and *This City Is Ours* (2025), and the Hulu/RTE series *Obituary* (2023).

Earlier credits include the entire first season of the ITV drama *Bancroft* (2017), the ITV/Virgin Media mini-series *Redemption* (2022), episodes of *Home Fires* (2016), and mini-episodes of *Doctor Who* (2013). He has also worked as second unit director on *Game of Thrones*, *Strike Back*, *Vikings* and *Camelot*.

Hayes directed the award-winning short films *Two Fat Ladies* (2003), *Venom* (2006), *The Girl* (2012) and *Anywhere But Here* (2014). He is also a commercials director whose work for brands including Guinness, Heineken, Coca-Cola, Aviva and SEAT has won international awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, johnhayesfilm.com, sdgi.ie.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Nightsleeper* (2024), series, Director
- *Obituary* (2023), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Redemption* (2022), series, Director, Associate Producer
- *Dublin Murders* (2019), series, Director
- *Bancroft* (2017), series, Director
- *Anywhere But Here* (2015), Director
- *Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor* (2013), Director
- *The Girl* (2012), Director
- *Vera* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

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