---
name: "John Michael Hayes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-michael-hayes"
fi1m_id: "john-michael-hayes"
imdb_id: "nm0371088"
tmdb_id: 5181
wikidata_id: "Q980351"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 May 1919"
died: "19 November 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T07:48:13.529116+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."
---

# John Michael Hayes

## Identity

John Michael Hayes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-michael-hayes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-michael-hayes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0371088
- **TMDB ID:** 5181
- **Wikidata ID:** Q980351
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_Hayes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5181

Writer. Born 11 May 1919 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Died 19 November 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 May 1919, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 19 November 2008
- **Active:** 1954–1958
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/person/alfred-hitchcock.md), [James Stewart](https://film.one/person/james-stewart.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 2, Thriller 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $48m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_Hayes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q980351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371088/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5181

## Biography

John Michael Hayes was an American screenwriter. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began his career writing for radio series including *The Adventures of Sam Spade* and *My Favorite Husband* before moving into film in the early 1950s.

His first screen credit was *Red Ball Express* (1952). He collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on four films in the 1950s: *Rear Window* (1954), *To Catch a Thief* (1955), *The Trouble with Harry* (1955) and *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956). He also wrote the screenplays for *Peyton Place* (1957), *BUtterfield 8* (1960) and *Nevada Smith* (1966). Hayes received Academy Award nominations for *Rear Window* and *Peyton Place*, and an Edgar Award for *Rear Window*.

Later in his career he taught screenwriting at Dartmouth College. He died in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Peyton Place* (1957), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *Rear Window* (1954), Fi1m 94, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Separate Tables* (1958), Fi1m 74, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Iron Will* (1994), Writer
- *Pancho Barnes* (1988), Writer
- *Nevada Smith* (1975), Writer, Producer
- *Winter Kill* (1974), Teleplay
- *Nevada Smith* (1966), Screenplay
- *Judith* (1966), Writer
- *Harlow* (1965), Screenplay
- *Where Love Has Gone* (1964), Screenplay
- *The Carpetbaggers* (1964), Screenplay
- *The Chalk Garden* (1964), Writer
- *The Children's Hour* (1961), Screenplay
- *BUtterfield 8* (1960), Screenplay
- *But Not for Me* (1959), Screenplay
- *Separate Tables* (1958), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/separate-tables.md)
- *The Matchmaker* (1958), Screenplay
- *Peyton Place* (1957), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *It's a Dog's Life* (1955), Writer
- *The Trouble with Harry* (1955), Screenplay
- *To Catch a Thief* (1955), Screenplay
- *Rear Window* (1954), Screenplay — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)
- *War Arrow* (1953), Writer
- *Torch Song* (1953), Writer
- *Thunder Bay* (1953), Screenplay, Story
- *The Red Ball Express* (1952), Screenplay
- *To Catch a Thief*, Original Film Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1958: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Peyton Place*
- 1955: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Rear Window*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edgar Awards 1955: Edgar Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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