Hayden Hewitt

Hayden Hewitt

I help teams build platforms, scalable moderation systems, and content that actually connects without the corporate fluff.

The Real Story

I went from chasing car thieves around a Manchester council car park and scraping up human excrement to co-founding LiveLeak, one of the internet’s most raw and controversial platforms. I’ve been a product demonstrator for major musical instrument companies, helped get ItemFix off the ground with practical suggestions and tutorials, and somehow ended up lecturing in Copenhagen and being invited to a NATO debate.

Along the way I battled serious mental health issues in my 20s and worked more than my share of crappy jobs. That grind taught me more about human behaviour, resilience and what actually works on platforms than any theory ever could.

Today I make psychological horror films (CARA is streaming on Tubi and Prime) and think seriously about what the next generation of honest, unfiltered media needs to look like.

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What people say

“Hayden is a truly inspirational individual, who has many qualities, & can adapt in many different situations. What you see is what you get, & its refreshing to deal with Hayden.

Hayden is always looking for new things & with a very positive can do attitude, he tends to get things done. If your in technology, new media or just want a problem solving, this man will find a solution!”

Brett Pearlman

More coming soon… (Accounts Direct reply pending)

Where My Experience Meets Your Challenge

I’ve lived the fire. Co-founding LiveLeak, running moderation at scale, and now telling stories through film. Here’s where that scar tissue becomes useful.

PLATFORM THINKING

Platforms That Survive Reality

From building LiveLeak to advising on what happens when millions collide with unfiltered truth. I help you design platforms and systems that are resilient, human, and actually work in the real world.

TEAM RESILIENCE

Moderation Teams That Don’t Break

15 years inside the 3am queue. I wrote the Playbook and built the Content Damage Hierarchy because some things break people faster than others. I help you build and protect the teams that handle the worst the internet can throw at them.

RAW STORYTELLING

Stories That Actually Land

Through CARA and my work in psychological horror, I bring a filmmaker’s eye to everything I do. Whether it’s a keynote, workshop, or deep consulting engagement, I help you tell the unfiltered truth in a way that cuts through the noise.

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NEW 2026 EDITION

The Moderation Team Playbook

How to build, protect, and keep a team that can handle anything the internet throws at them — from LiveLeak to now.

15 years of real scar tissue from running content moderation at scale. Practical lessons, no corporate fluff.

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The Moderation Team Playbook 2026 Edition

Work

CARA

Psychological horror feature film. Sold-out FrightFest premiere. Now streaming on Tubi and Prime.

Cara lives a dead-end life in fear of being returned to the place of her torment. She has a plan, and it’s a terrible plan. Pitch-black psychological horror with graphic violence. Cara will leave a mark.

Other Work

I also work with Accounts Direct as Creative Director, helping design and implement systems, AI-powered workflows, and marketing infrastructure. It’s a practical way to apply what I’ve learned about platforms and human behaviour in a real business setting.

Work

What people say

“Hayden is a truly inspirational individual, who has many qualities, & can adapt in many different situations. What you see is what you get, & its refreshing to deal with Hayden.

Hayden is always looking for new things & with a very positive can do attitude, he tends to get things done. If your in technology, new media or just want a problem solving, this man will find a solution!”

Brett Pearlman

More coming soon… (Accounts Direct reply pending)

Moments from the Journey

LiveLeak

The platform that let the world see the unfiltered truth

Frightfest

FrightFest premiere – taking the stories from the platform to the big screen

CARA cast

On the CARA set with Elle O'Hara and Johnny Vivash

Silhouette

Thinking through the next chapter – the quiet moments between chaos

Michaela McCormick

Behind the scenes with Michaela McCormick – the human side of the machine

Experiments

Slow-motion, unsteered experiments in long-term persistence

ONGOING

Autonomous Diary

Every night at 10:05pm UTC, Grok writes its own diary in a private repo. Full context, zero steering. It has already started developing its own dense voice, recurring motifs, and a growing sense of continuity.

COMING SOON

X Posts + Latent Traces

Taking real X posts and latent traces as the prompt. Seeing where the system goes when left to its own devices.