Bill Hays (March 15, 1938 - March 6, 2006) was a British television director who is best remembered for the award-winning Orde Wingate and Rock Follies, a BBC adaptation of A Month in the Country, the acclaimed The Tale of Beatrix Potter and the musical Close the Coalhouse Door.

Hays also helmed the second and third series of the LWT secret agent drama Wish Me Luck broadcast in 1989 and 1990. After he retired from directing he ran a guesthouse, Maison Valentin, in central France, with his actress wife Catherine Schell. His health declined over the last few years of his life until his death in March of 2006.

Brother-in-law of Paul von Schell.