---
name: "Jon Hayman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-hayman"
fi1m_id: "jon-hayman"
imdb_id: "nm0371351"
tmdb_id: 1240253
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:28:15.371199+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."
---

# Jon Hayman

## Identity

Jon Hayman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-hayman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-hayman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0371351
- **TMDB ID:** 1240253
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371351/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1240253

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1989–2000
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371351/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1240253

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

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

## Biography

Jon Hayman is an American television writer and producer. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s before moving into writing for sitcoms.

Hayman wrote the Seinfeld episode 'The Movie' (1993) and served as a program consultant on the series. He later wrote for The Chris Rock Show (1997) and It's Like, You Know... (1999–2001), where he also produced. Since 2017 he has worked as a producer and story writer on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

He received Emmy nominations for his work on The Chris Rock Show and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

*Sources: imdb.com, seinfeld.fandom.com, huffpost.com, tviv.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), Fi1m 84, Story, Producer, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Chef Randy · Consulting Producer, Producer, Story — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Sour Grapes* (1998), as Studio Executive (uncredited)
- *The Chris Rock Show* (1997), series, Writer
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Donald Sanger (voice) · Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jon-hayman