Tracie Laymon

Tracie Laymon
Born Houston, Texas
Residence Los Angeles
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, and producer
Website http://www.tracielaymon.com/

Tracie Laymon is a screenwriter, producer and film director. Laymon was raised in Houston, Texas, and studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. She began her film career with work in the Texas area, and several of her music videos and short films were recognized with film festival awards. She served in film production capacities in multiple movies, including Matchstick Men in 2003 and The Alamo in 2004. Laymon moved to California in 2005, and continued film production work there, serving as production assistant on films The Ringer in 2005 and Blades of Glory in 2007. Her short film Inside premiered in 2009 at the Milan International Film Festival in Milan, Italy, and won the award in "Best Short Film" from the Women's Image Network. She also directed the first ever half-hour comedy for the internet entitled "Goodnight Burbank", which premiered on Hulu.com in April 2011 and was personally acquired by Mark Cuban that same day. The shows then aired on Cuban's HDNet in the fall of 2011. Her most recent short film "A Hidden Agender" premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival and received the Jury Award for Best Dark Comedy at the Houston International Film Festival (also known as Worldfest Houston) in 2012. Laymon was also named to the Independent Film Channel's list of emerging "Icons" and "Film Innovators". She is currently in development of her first feature film, which she also wrote. The original screenplay received the Jury Award for Best Screenplay at the LA Comedy Festival in December 2013. Laymon is in development of this feature film and plans to direct it in Texas in 2015.

Career

Texas

Tracie Laymon was born and grew up in Houston, Texas.[1][2] Laymon pursued a curriculum of film studies at the University of Texas at Austin.[3] Laymon worked as an office intern on the production of the 2001 film Waking Life.[4] She worked as a set production assistant on the 2003 film Matchstick Men.[5] Laymon was assistant director on the music video Frijolero by the Mexico-based musical group Molotov, which received a Latin Grammy Award in 2003.[6] She was employed as special effects office administrator on the 2004 film The Alamo,[4] and directed the 2004 film Attention Deficit.[5] In 2004, she received recognition for her work on the music video better? for the group 54 Seconds;[7] garnering the SXSW Jury Award in 2004.[6] Laymon spent some time working in Austin, Texas, making short films.[8] Laymon moved to California from Texas in 2005.[8] She worked on the production staff of The Real World: Austin.[6]

California

Laymon was a production assistant on the 2005 film The Ringer,[4] and the 2007 film Blades of Glory.[5] She worked on production as office manager for the 2008 film U2 3D.[4] In 2009 she worked as a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California.[9] In May 2009, Laymon's music video Falling From Mars which included musician Alyssa Campbell won the Music Video award at the on Location: Memphis International Film Fest in Memphis, Tennessee.[10] Laymon directed the short movie Inside which was released in 2009; it was produced along with gastroenterologist Dr. Louis Wilson and his film production company called Merit Pictures.[2] Inside had its movie premiere at the Milan International Film Festival in May 2009 in Milan, Italy.[2] Inside was nominated in 2009 at the Milan International Film Festival Awards as "Best Short Film".[3] Laymon was selected for inclusion by the Independent Film Channel as a part of the "IFC Icons", a group of featured artists on the IFC website in film and video.[6]

Filmography

Year Film Role
2001 Waking Life Office intern
2002 Up Director, producer, writer
Pageant Producer, Actress: Vagrant in Park
2003 Worse Director, writer
Matchstick Men Set production assistant
2004 Loveholstery Actress: Bar Patron
The Alamo Special effects office coordinator
2005 The Ringer Production assistant
2007 Bone Dry On-set dresser
Shadow Puppets Stunt double
Hell on Wheels Camera operator
Blades of Glory Production assistant
U2 3D Production office coordinator
2009 Inside Director, producer, writer
2010 Spiral Associate producer, first assistant director
2011 Girls! Girls! Girls! Director
2011 A Hidden Agender Director, writer
2011 Goodnight Burbank Director

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Category Result
2004 Southwest Film Festival better? Best Music Video Won[6]
2008 Las Vegas International Film Festival Falling From Mars Golden Aces Award Won[6]
On Location: Memphis International Film Fest Best Music Video Won[6][10]
The Feel Good Film Festival Best Music Video Won[6]
2009 Milan International Film Festival Awards Inside Best Short Film Nominated[3][6]
Fantastic Fest Official Selection Selected[6]
Women's Image Network (WIN ) Awards Best Short Film Won[6]
2011 Dallas International Film Festival Girls! Girls! Girls! (Segment: A Hidden Agender) Official Selection Selected[6]
San Diego Film Festival Best Feature Film Nominated[3][6]
Twin Cities Film Festival Official Selection Selected[6]
Carmel Art and Film Festival Official Selection Selected[6]
Beverly Hills Short Film Festival Best Short Film Selected[6]
LA Comedy Festival Official Selection and Best Actress Nominated[3][6]
Louisville International Film Festival Official Selection Selected[6]
La Femme Beverly Hills Best Producers Won[6]
2012 Houston International Film Festival Best Dark Comedy Won[6]
2013 LA Comedy Festival One Small Step for Neil Best Screenplay Won[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Laymon, Tracie (2010). "Tracie Laymon's Biography". TracieLaymon.com (www.tracielaymon.com). Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Langdon, Jessica (September 27, 2009). "Doctor's first film called powerful". Wichita Falls Times Record News (Texas). p. A1. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tracie Laymon: Inside". TVN (www.televisionet.tv). June 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Biography for Tracie Laymon". Turner Classic Movies (www.tcmdb.com). 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 "Tracie Laymon". Allmovie (www.allmovie.com). 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Tracie Laymon". IFC Icons (Independent Film Channel). 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  7. ↑ Dillinger, Katherine (March 18, 2004). "Newsmakers". Austin American-Statesman.
  8. 1 2 O'Connell, Joe (December 30, 2005). "And the Rest". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Goodbye Michael Jackson: Star, brother, friend, father". CNN (Time Warner). July 7, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  10. 1 2 "Lo and Behold: On Location Film Festival Awards". The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee). May 4, 2009.

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