Todd Wiseman Jr and Milos S. Silber met as film students at New York University in 2005.

Early productions of Hayden5 included music videos for artists like Juelz Santana, Benny Benassi, and Mariah Carey, as well as branded content for The Economist and Bowlero Corporation (at the time, just a single bowling alley called Bowlmor Lanes).

Notable film projects include We Live This,[8] Revolving Doors,[9] and Long Shot, which was nominated for an Emmy award.

In 2021, with the global nonprofit Video Consortium, Hayden5 launched Gear Grant, an initiative dedicated to supporting underrepresented filmmakers.

These and other actions eventually led to the passing of the CROWN Act of 2022, a bill in the United States Congress intended to prohibit discrimination based on hair style and hair texture by clarifying that such discrimination is illegal under existing federal law.

[24] Hayden5 is also a supporter of Pencils of Promise, whose efforts help to build schools and increases educational opportunities in the developing world.