Eric Hayden

Eric Hayden is a Visual Effects Supervisor at FuseFX A VES award and HPA award nominee he has been in the industry for nearly 20 years bringing to the FuseFX team a diverse skill set that encompasses television features and commercials His recent and noteworthy projects include Empire Designated Survivor Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Beyond Borders Hell on Wheels and American Horror Story Eric began his career as a model builder and puppeteer Eric worked with Stan Winston and Steven Spielberg on AI Artificial Intelligence Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines as well as with Sam Raimi as Puppet Master on SpiderMan 2 bringing Doctor Octopus mechanical arms to life He made the transition to the digital side in 2008 and found ready application for his artistic and problemsolving talents as a compositor As a VFX Supervisor Eric works both in the studio and on set and enjoys collaborating with directors cinematographers editors and others in designing and planning complex visuals He also wrote and directed the 2013 scifi feature Astronaut The Last Push