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Founder - Jayden Cummins

Forever Grateful Founder, Jayden Cummins

Working in the entertainment industry for 30 years, and after studying film and television production (School of Visual Arts), sound engineering (School of Audio Engineering), and attending the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Jayden initially carved out his career in the music industry. As a professional musician, composer and engineer, he worked with many top artists including Hunters and Collectors, Crowded House, 1927 and Margaret Urlich, before finally earning a reputation as one of Sydney's top cocktail pianists. ​

 

For the last 20 years, Jayden's production company, Aperture Productions, has focused on film production in broadcast, corporate and advertising. He has written and directed an extensive slate of campaigns for many large-scale clients. He is also Executive Producer of the children’s animated series Buzz Bumble screened nationally on the NINE Network. 

 

In 2017, Jayden found himself in sudden end-stage heart failure after a bout of the flu put him on life-support and in a coma for 2.5 weeks. The team at St Vincent’s Hospital performed emergency surgery and fitted him with an artificial heart, which he lived with for 436 days. In early 2019, Jayden received the most precious gift of a new heart from a beautiful stranger.

A fun fact about Jayden: He was given the name 'Jayden' after his mother and father couldn't decide between 'Jason' and 'Hayden', so they got creative. In a fun twist of fate, the word is actually derived from the ancient Hebrew word 'Jadon' and literally means 'GRATEFUL'. As a name, it translates to 'THANKFUL ONE'.

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Jayden and his son, Henry, moments before his heart transplant.

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