Terry Hayes

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Terry Hayes
Born (1951-10-08) 8 October 1951 (age 72)
Sussex, England
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • film producer
  • author
NationalityAustralian
Children4

Terry Hayes (born 8 October 1951) is an Australian screenwriter, film producer and author. He is best known for his work with Kennedy Miller production house, with whom he won the AACTA Award for Best Film twice, for The Year My Voice Broke (1987) and Flirting (1991).

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Biography

Early years and journalism

Hayes was born in Sussex, England and emigrated to Australia at the age of 5. [1] He began his career as a journalist, working as the US correspondent for the Australian newspaper TheSydney Morning Herald. [1] He spent periods as an investigative reporter, columnist and radio show host.

Kennedy Miller

Hayes met director George Miller when he did the novelisation of the script to Mad Max (1979). He and Miller got on well and the director subsequently hired Hayes to help on the script for Mad Max 2 (1981). [2]

Hayes subsequently became an in-house writer for Kennedy Miller, working on the scripts for all their subsequent mini-series. [3] Further work included a script for Dead Calm in 1989. [4] He wrote Bangkok Hilton specifically as a vehicle for Nicole Kidman. [5]

Hollywood and novelist

Hayes moved to Hollywood. His work includes an unused screenplay for Planet of the Apes, titled Return of the Apes in 1994. [6]

In 2001, Hayes was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for his work on From Hell . [7]

Hayes' debut novel, I Am Pilgrim was published by Transworld Publishers on 18 July 2013. That same month, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the film rights to the novel with Hayes attached to adapt it into a screenplay. [8] His second novel entitled The Year of the Locust was planned for release in 2016, [9] was finally released 9 November 2023.

In 2024, Hayes and British author Tammy Cohen were revealed as the writers of the tie-in novel to the film Argylle , under the pseudonym "Elly Conway". [10] The book overleaf credits the (pseudonymous) author's full name as "Elizabeth Conway". [11]

Personal life

Hayes married in 1999 and has four children.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleWriterProducerDirectorNotes
1981 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Yes George Miller Co-wrote with Miller & Brian Hannant
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome YesYesGeorge Miller
George Ogilvie
Co-wrote with Miller, co-producer
1987 The Year My Voice Broke Yes John Duigan
1989 Dead Calm YesYes Phillip Noyce
1991 Flirting YesJohn Duigan
1996 Mr. Reliable YesYes Nadia Tass Co-wrote with Don Catchlove
1999 Payback Yes Brian Helgeland Co-wrote with Helgeland
2000 Vertical Limit Yes Martin Campbell Co-wrote screenplay with Robert King, based on a story by Robert King
2001 From Hell Yes Albert Hughes
Allen Hughes
Co-wrote with Rafael Yglesias

Uncredited script revisions

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1993 Cliffhanger Renny Harlin
1994 The Crow Alex Proyas
2002 Reign of Fire Rob Bowman
2005 Flightplan Robert Schwentke

Television

YearTitleWriterProducerNotes
1983 The Dismissal Yes Miniseries
1988 Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer YesTelevision film
The Clean Machine YesYes
The Riddle of the Stinson Yes
1984 Bodyline YesMiniseries
The Cowra Breakout Yes
1987 Vietnam YesYes
1988 Dirtwater Dynasty YesYes
1989 Bangkok Hilton YesYes

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  2. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p82
  3. "TERRY TALKS ABOUT THE BALLYHOO BUT THE BIG BUCKS ARE TABOO". The Canberra Times . Vol. 59, no. 18, 192. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 July 1985. p. 5 (GOOD WEEKEND). Retrieved 28 September 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Scott Murray, "Terry Hayes: Interweaving the Fabric", Cinema Papers, November 1989 p25-29, 76
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  10. 1 2 Kerridge, Jake (2 February 2024). "'I hope Taylor Swift fans aren't disappointed' – the real author of Argylle, unmasked". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  11. 1 2 Elly Conway (2024). Argylle: A Novel. Bantam. ISBN   978-0593600016.