Kent Hayward is a filmmaker, Associate Professor of Production at California State University Long Beach, and a cofounder and vice-Chair of the Green Film School Alliance, a consortium committed to integrating sustainable production practices into film school programs. Previously, Hayward worked in visual effects and editorial on films including The Dark Knight, Inception, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, and on TV shows for NBC Universal, SyFy, and Lifetime. Hayward’s films include Lunar Estates, August, Sunset to Sunset, and Homestead Artifact. He earned his BA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his MFA at the California Institute of the Arts. Currently, Hayward is working on an essay film on themes ranging from the environmental havoc that humankind has wreaked on the planet to the enduring mystery of Bigfoot.