Andy Hayward is a puppeteer and puppet designer whose professional
experience in the world of film, television and theatrical puppetry spans
over ten years.

Andy has performed Muppet characters in Sesame Street productions
such as Elmo's Christmas Countdown, Kids' Favorite Country
Songs
, The Get Healthy Now Show and The Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade
. Andy also served as a puppet specialist for Disney and
was a featured performer in stage productions of Playhouse Disney
Live
and Disney's Ugly Bug Ball. Other film and television credits
include The Money Mammals, The Cousins' Club, Head of the
Household
, Igby's Day Off and Disney's Golden Screams.

Andy's work in the field of puppet design and fabrication began
with Vee Corporation's Costumes & Creatures Workshop, where he
participated in the fabrication and refurbishment of familiar Muppet
characters for Sesame Street Live and Bear in the Big Blue House
Live
. Additionally, Andy assisted with characters for corporate clients
including Nickelodeon, Dreamworks, Disney, Sesame Workshop,
The Jim Henson Company and Discovery Network.
Independently, Andy has created puppet characters for personal clients such as Roman Coppola Studio, Kidney
Health Australia, West Advertising, TJ3 Productions, Transylvania Television, Boom Chick-a Boom,
Eco For Kids and dozens of additional performers and productions worldwide.