Aaron Haye

Aaron Haye is a designer who worked as assistant art director on . This work earned him an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in the category Fantasy Film in which he shared with Scott Chambliss, Dennis Bradford, Curt Beech, Luke Freeborn, Beat Frutiger, Gary Kosko, Ryan Church, Keith P. Cunningham, Clint Schultz, James Clyne, Paul Ozzimo, John Eaves, Bruce G. Smith, Karen Manthey, C. Scott Baker, Dawn Brown, Kevin Cross, Andrea Dopaso, Jeff Frost, Scott Herbertson, Joseph Hiura, Billy Hunter, Harry E. Otto, Anne Porter, Andrew Reeder, and Jane Wuu. Haye previously worked as model maker for Industrial Light & Magic on but received no credit for this work.
Haye has started his career working as model maker for ILM. Projects during this time include (1996, with Michael Conte, David Dozoretz, Selwyn Eddy, Paul Huston, Susan Kelly-Andrews, Drew Klausner, Marshall Richard Krasser, Janet Lewin, Jodie Maier, Greg Maloney, Roni McKinley, Terry Molatore, Jim Morris, George Murphy, Patrick T. Myers, Joshua Pines, Ginger Theisen, Bruce Vecchitto, Alex Jaeger, and Chad Taylor), (1996), (1996), (1997, with Alia Agha, Stephen Aplin, Joel Aron, Al Bailey, John Andrew Berton, Jr., Patricia Blau, Barbara Brennan, Ronn Brown, Sue Campbell, Gail Currey, Chrissie England, Raul Essig, Gerald Gutschmidt, Tony Hudson, Peg Hunter, Polly Ing, Patrick Jarvis, Susan Kelly-Andrews, Gregor Lakner, Margaret B. Lynch, Jeff Mann, Bill Mather, Jennifer McKnew, Chris Mitchell, Steve Molin, Jim Morris, Melissa Mullin, Anthony Pitone, Elsa Rodriguez, Jason Snell, Damian Steel, Chad Taylor, Marjolaine Tremblay, Bruce Vecchitto, and David Washburn), (1997), the digital remastered versions of the science fiction films Star Wars (1997) and (1997), (1998), (1999) and (2002), (1999), (1999), (2000), (2001), (2001), (2001), and (2003).
Around 2002, Haye moved into 3D design for film productions and went into set design in the art department. He worked for Cinema Production Services Inc. on (2003), as model crew chief for New Deal Studios on (2006, with Shannon Blake Gans and Matthew Gratzner), as CAD Foreman on (2003) and (2003), and as lead model maker on (2004) and (2005).
Among his further credits as set designer and digital set designer are (2005, with Steve Christensen, Dan Engle, Luke Freeborn, Jeff Frost, Kurt V. Hulett, Jim Martin, and Jeff Valdez), (2006, with Steve Christensen, James Clyne, Daren Dochterman, John Eaves, Andrew Li, Victor James Martinez, Richard F. Mays, and Bryan Sutton), (2006), (2007), (2009), (2010), and (2011).
His work as assistant art director on the drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button earned him an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award in the category Period Film in 2009 which he shared with Lorrie Campbell, Tammy S. Lee, Jane Wuu, Richard Bennett, and Christopher S. Ross. Haye earned another ADG Award in the category Commercial, PSA, Promo, and Music Video in 2014 for his work on the video game Call of Duty: Ghosts which he shared with Todd Cherniawsky, Louis Joseph Comeau IV, and Patrick J. Rodriguez. He earned two more nominations – in 2011 in the category Contemporary Film for his work on the drama The Social Network which he shared with Curt Beech, Keith P. Cunningham, Randall D. Wilkins, Jane Wuu, and Richard Bennett and in 2015 in the category Fantasy Film for his work on which he shared with Billy Hunter, Martha Johnston, Greg Papalia, Michael Cawood, Nathan Schroeder, Adam Gelbart, Brett Phillips, Jim Magdaleno, and Amanda Moss Serino.
As art director, Haye worked on (2008), (2009), (2010), (2012, with William Ladd Skinner), (2013), (2013, with Sharon Davis and Dennis Bradford), (2015, with Greg Papalia), and (2016). In 2017 he received special thanks in the end credits of .
In 2018, Haye worked as production designer on the music drama Bohemian Rhapsody, directed and executive produced by Bryan Singer. This work earned him a New Mexico Film Critics Award in the category Best Production Design, a British Film Designers Guild Award in the category Best Production Design – International Studio Feature Film – Period (both in 2018), and an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in the category Period Film in 2019.
More recent credits as production designer include The Gifted pilot episode "eXposed" (2017, directed by Bryan Singer), (2019), and the first season of the television series The Stand (2020, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Brad William Henke).
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Category:Art directors
Category:ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominees
Category:Special and Visual effects staff