David Hayman Jr. is a Scottish

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Life and career

David Hayman Jr. left school at the age of 16 to study a sports coaching course in Glasgow. By the time Hayman was 18, he got involved in a media programme called the Govan Initiative which gave him his first taste of film production. In 2014, after working on various production roles on ''

River City ''River City'' is a Scottish television soap opera that was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland on 24 September 2002. ''River City'' follows the lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch. In November 2017, a s ...

'', he was offered the chance to direct his very first episode of the television series. In the same year, Hayman began working on directing his first feature film ''Wasted Time''. The film tells the story of a Glaswegian prisoner at

Barlinnie Prison HM Prison Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Prison Service and is located in the residential suburb of Riddrie, in the north east of Glasgow, Scotland. It is informally known locally as The Big Hoose, ...

who is wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit. The film had its world premiere at the 2015 edition of the

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. In 2015, Hayman turned to the stage to co-direct a revival of John Byrne's classic play

The Slab Boys ''The Slab Boys Trilogy'' is a set of three plays by the Scottish playwright John Byrne. The trilogy was originally known as ''Paisley Patterns''. The three plays which make up the trilogy are: ''The Slab Boys'', ''Cuttin' a Rug'', and ''Still ...

. The production, featuring both his father (

David Hayman David Hayman (born 9 February 1948) is a Scottish film, television and stage actor and director, known for his role as DCS Mike Walker in ITV drama ''Trial & Retribution'', as Jonas Franks in BBC period drama '' The Paradise'' and as Brace in ...

) and brother (Sammy Hayman) played at the

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for three weeks in

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before going on tour. TBR Scotland described the production as 'A solid and satisfying production with plenty of laugh-out loud humour'.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayman, David, Jr. Living people British film directors Scottish film directors Year of birth missing (living people)