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Hayden Startzell

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I’m Hayden Startzell! I'm a lifelong writer and filmmaker interested in subversive, engaging stories with social impact-driven themes at heart.

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I’m Hayden Startzell! I’m a lifelong writer and filmmaker interested in subversive, engaging stories with social impact-driven themes at heart. I’m also a gaming hobbyist with a wide breadth of knowledge of the history and industry of video games.

My time as a writing consultant for both plays and films has informed my own personal writing and the creation of a number of interactive experiences–both narrative and experimental. I look forward to bringing what I’ve learned to projects with a similar understanding of the impact that narrative experiences can have.

  • Joined March 2026

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Education
  • Retail
  • Professional Services

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Projects · 1

For the development of [Peace or Piece](https://www.twine.net/signin I worked closely with the Center for Teen Empowerment in Roxbury, MA to create a narrative role-playing game focused on preventing gun violence by identifying its human roots. This project required intimate collaboration to create, and, when finished, took intimate collaboration to play. Peace or Piece tasked player-groups to make decisions based on a given character and the roll of a die, all in service of a narrative about the risks of gun usage among young people in Roxbury.

Peace or Piece
  • Co-Writer
  • Game Designer

Work experience· 5 roles

Writing Consultant / Lighting Department Head · Other Brotha ProductionsSep 2025 – Jan 2026 · 5 mos

For Invulnerable, provided in-depth script feedback informed by writing experience; on set, efficiently built over seventy lighting setups.

Game Designer · The Engagement LabSep 2022 – Dec 2022 · 4 mos

Worked with the Center for Teen Empowerment to develop a narrative role-playing game focused on preventing gun violence by identifying its human roots.

Crew Member · Trader Joe’sSep 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

Organizes and orders for the frozen section; communicates with management to ensure customer satisfaction.

Writing Consultant/Production Assistant · The Dyon CollectiveFeb 2022 – Nov 2022 · 10 mos
Event Technician · Emerson Campus CentersSep 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Education

B.A. Media Arts Production (with a minor in Philosophy) · Emerson College2020 – 2023
High School Diploma · Scituate High School2016 – 2020

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