Bayer co-directed, wrote, edited, narrated, and starred in a feature-length film, Earthling. "Earthling" won the EarthWatch Institute "Film of the Year" award in association with National Geographic and had a pre-screening of the film at the National Geographic Grosvenor Theater in Washington, D.C. Earthling had its world premiere at the 2005 Seattle International Film Festival, and won the 'Audience Choice Award' for best documentary and the Chrystal Heart award at the Heartland Film Festival. "Earthling" went on to win multiple awards including two 'Audience Choice Awards', 'Best Cinematography', 'Best Feature Documentary','Best Docudrama', 'Best Feature Film', 'Best Children's Film', 'Best Achievement in Sound', and nominated for 'Best Editing' and 'Best Writing.