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Writer · 1911 to 1985

Alfred Hayes

Best rated (writing): Paisan (7.5)

Writing films
13
Writing avg
6.61
Peak run
1946’55
Oscar noms
2
Writing films, by TMDB rating

The career

Alfred Hayes, writing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1946 to 1955, 6.795678195019551960196519701975Paisan 7.5The Blue Bird 5.5Career avg 6.61

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Alfred Hayes's career barcodecoolhot
194613 films1976
Current formLast 5: 6.41 vs career 6.61 (−0.20)
  1. WThe Lusty Men1952 · 6.7+0.1
  2. WHuman Desire1954 · 6.7+0.1
  3. LThe Left Hand of God1955 · 6.3−0.3
  4. WA Hatful of Rain1957 · 6.8+0.2
  5. LThe Blue Bird1976 · 5.5−1.1
As a writer, films with 25+ votes

Alfred by the numbers

Average
6.61
7 rated films
Vote weighted
6.68
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.60
rating spread
Career
31y
1946 to 1976
Total votes
957
across every film
Best
7.5
Paisan
Worst
5.5
The Blue Bird
Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography
1976The Blue Bird posterThe Blue Bird5.531
1967The Double Man posterThe Double Man·23
1965Joy in the Morning posterJoy in the Morning·4
1960The Mountain Road posterThe Mountain Road·12
1959These Thousand Hills posterThese Thousand Hills·21
1957A Hatful of Rain posterA Hatful of Rain6.831
1957Island in the Sun posterIsland in the Sun·23
1955The Left Hand of God posterThe Left Hand of God6.345
1954Human Desire posterHuman Desire6.7150
1952The Lusty Men posterThe Lusty Men6.799
1952Clash by Night posterClash by Night6.7140
1951Teresa posterTeresa·11
1946Paisan posterPaisan7.5367
Better together?

Alfred Hayes's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Fred Zinnemann and Alfred Hayes movies · Fritz Lang and Alfred Hayes movies

Takes

On Alfred Hayes

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1952
    Alfred Hayes, Stewart Stern
    Nominated
  • Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1950
    Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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