His credits include Judging Amy, Ugly Betty, Joan of Arcadia, Kingpin, The Sopranos, Any Day Now, ER, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Huff, House M.D., The Client, Murder One, Texasville, Northern Exposure, Moon Over Miami, Law & Order, Harts of the West, Class of '96, Dangerous Minds, One West Waikiki, The Fosters, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawaii, and other series.3
Hayman is married to actress Annie Potts and is the father of two sons. He has a stepson from Potts' previous marriage.4
Hayman has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards56 and a DGA Award.
"The Annie Potts Picture Pages". Superiorpics.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2012. https://archive.today/20130203105413/http://www.superiorpics.com/annie_potts/ ↩
Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors: Volume 1 - Page 241 https://books.google.com/books?id=YB6tyFdq5TcC&dq=James+Hayman+director&pg=PA241 ↩
James Hayman Biography ((?)-), Film Reference http://www.filmreference.com/film/62/James-Hayman.html ↩
"James Hayman: Primetime Emmy® Award Database". Emmys.com. Retrieved May 23, 2012. http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=James+Hayman&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2011&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All ↩
"Jim Hayman: Primetime Emmy® Award Database". Emmys.com. Retrieved May 23, 2012. http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=Jim+Hayman&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2011&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All ↩