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Hazel Hayes (born 21 January 1985) is an Irish YouTube personality, filmmaker, author, and presenter. She is known for her interview series, Tipsy Talk, on her YouTube channel (formerly ChewingSand) as well as her series and short films. Her debut novel, Out Of Love, was published in 2020.[2]

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Hazel Hayes
Personal information
Born	(1985-01-21) 21 January 1985 (age 37) Dublin, Ireland
Education	Dublin City University (BA)
Occupation	Media personality, filmmaker, author
YouTube information
Channel	Hazel Hayes
Years active	2011–present
Genre	Lifestyle
Subscribers	245,000[1]
Total views	27,941,308[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2014
Last updated: 2021-06-05

Early life and education

Hayes was born and raised in Dublin. She has an older sister and two older brothers. She graduated from Dublin City University in 2007, where she served as deputy president of the Student Union, with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. She then took classes at the Irish Writers' Centre.[3]

Career

Hayes began her career working for Google and then YouTube as a manager before becoming a YouTuber herself.[4]

Hayes began her interview series, Tipsy Talk in 2013 in which she interviews popular creators and later celebrities whilst intaking alcohol. She is also known for her short films and web series. Her 2014 short film, Dementia, was nominated for and won a work shop competition with Guillermo del Toro. Later, in 2017, she directed Fullscreen series Prank Me starring Corey Fogelmanis. The series earned her an Excellence in Storytelling award at the 2017 Buffer Festival.[5] Other works includes her vlogs Time of the Month, web series Unnecessary Otter, pilot Hot Mess, and short films Super Brainy Zombies and Septem.[6]

She has since directed dodie's music video for her song "Human" in 2018 [7] and later 'I Kissed Someone (It Wasn't You)' [8] and Anna Akana's 2019 "Disappointment" music video.[9][10]

In November 2018, Hayes announced her debut novel, Out of Love, a romance novel she would publish through Unbound.[11] It was announced on its release date in June 2020 that Rabbit Track Pictures had picked up the rights to the novel, with Hayes writing and Kitty Kaletsky overseeing the film adaption.[12]

Hayes began hosting Prime Video Club alongside Munya Chawawa for Amazon Prime Video in April 2020, a series discussing various series and films on the platform.[13]

Personal life

Hayes moved to London in 2012 and lived with musician Dodie Clark[14] for many years. She has since moved.^{[citation needed]}

Hayes came out as bisexual in 2020.[15]

Bibliography

• Out of Love (2020)

Filmography

Series

• Unnecessary Otter (2014)
• PrankMe (2017)

Short films

• Super Brainy Zombies (2014)
• Dementia (2014)
• Septem (2015)
• Sexy Torture Chamber (2015)
• Not the John Lewis Christmas Advert (2015)
• Happy (2016)
• Hot Mess (2016)
• Anxious (2018)

Music videos

• "Human" (2018) - Dodie Clark
• "Disappointment" (2019) - Anna Akana
• "I Kissed Someone (It Wasn't You)" (2021) - Dodie Clark

Awards and nominations

Won Guillermo del Toro competition for Dementia.

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Shorty Awards	Ireland	Hazel Hayes	Nominated	[16]
2016	Summer in the City Awards	YouTuber Series of the Year	Time of the Month	Nominated
2016	Summer in the City Awards	Short film of the Year	Septem	Nominated
2016	British Online Creator Awards	Collaboration of the Year	Tipsy Talk with AmazingPhil	Nominated
2016	British Online Creator Awards	Comedy Sketch of the Year	Hot Mess	Won
2017	Summer in the City Awards	Film of the Year		Nominated
2017	Buffer Festival	Excellence in Storytelling	PrankMe	Won
2018	Streamy Awards	Directing		Nominated
2018	Summer in the City Awards	Creator Series of the Year		Won

References

External links

• Hazel Hayes at IMDb

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