Kent Hayward is an author, filmmaker and Associate Professor of film production at California State University Long Beach. Hayward worked in editorial, visual effects, and production for twenty years on films such as Inception and Terminator 3 and on TV shows for NBC Universal, SyFy, and Lifetime. His projects include Lunar Estates, Homestead Artifact, August, and Sunset to Sunset. Currently, he is working on an essay film about Bigfoot.

A co-founder and executive committee member of the Green Film School Alliance, he has dedicated himself to the promotion of sustainability in his industry.