Renowned director and actor of stage and screen David Hayman joined Film and Television lecturer Maureen CuestasRincon at NCL’s Coatbridge campus for an engaging and uplifting conversation and discussion with students from the departments of Film and Television, make up artistry and performing arts.
In a wide ranging discussion David talked about the importance of his stage career, writing and directing documentary formats, the perils of fame and how creatives should handle their downtime.
I have never met anyone who had anything bad to say about David Hayman. In what is often referred to as a cut throat industry with ruthless competition, David Hayman seems to have to come through his 50+ years career spanning acting for the stage and screen, directing for both, and making documentaries – with an attitude firmly rooted in integrity, realism, and openness.
And these are the values he imparted on our students across the creative industries, at the Coatbridge campus auditorium this Wednesday 14th of December, for the best part of 2 hours. We agreed beforehand no topics were off the table, and after a moderated chat retracing David’s work across genres and formats, questions came from a very engaged audience – from refining an acting technique to dealing with rejection and overcoming self-sabotage, David answered with panache, true stories and his infectious laugh.
Time was suspended for our students in this ‘in conversation’ session with David, who talks with the wisdom of a lifetime of experience – and the enthusiasm and curiosity of someone who’s just getting started and still has so many stories to tell, earning him, I believe, the title he so often gets given online – of legend.’
Maureen CuestasRincon: Film and Television Lecturer
New College Lanarkshire: Film & Television 