Co-founder and visual effects supervisor at the Tippet Studio who entered American film as designer and constructor of ed-209 for ROBOCOP (1987). Hayes worked as a stop-motion model maker for WILLOW (1988) and as the designer and constructor of the scorpion for HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS (1989). After working as an uncredited visual effects art director for ROBOCOP 2 (1990), Hayes was a computer interface engineer for JURASSIC PARK (1993) at Tippet. Other vfx credits include ROBOCOP 3 (1993), THREE WISHES (1995), DRAGONHEART (1996), STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997), VIRUS, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN and THE HAUNTING (all 1999), HOLLOW MAN (2000), EVOLUTION and THE ONE (both 2001), BLADE II (2002), THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003), CONSTANTINE (2005), SEA MONSTERS: A PREHISTORIC ADVENTURE (2007), and RED CLIFF (scheduled for release in 2008).  Technical Achievement Award (Certificate) 1996: For the creation and development of the Direct Input Device. (w. Thomas Williams, Rick Sayre & Brian Knep)  Nominated for Achievement in Visual Effects 2000: HOLLOW MAN (w. Scott E. Anderson, Scott Stokdyk & Stan Parks) 1 nomination, 1 Scientific/Technical Award