Storytelling is my passion.
Cinema is my medium.
DIRECTORIAL DEBUT:
Breakup Season
(Narrative Feature)
Writer, Director, Producer
BreakupSeasonMovie.com
IN PRODUCTION:
The Clyde Best Story
(Documentary Feature)
Producer
PRIOR WORK:
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Assistant Editor
Production Company:
Story Syndicate
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga
Assistant Editor
Production Company:
Story Syndicate
Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story
Associate Producer & Assistant Editor
Now Available on Amazon Prime,
iTunes & more
Opening Night & Audience Award Winner: Slamdance Film Festival 2019
Production Companies:
O'Malley Creadon Productions, BoBCat Partners, Lorton Entertainment
Picture Jasper
Director & Editor
Featuring the craftsmanship of Market Square Jewelers and Silver Streams
(Watch the Trailer)
(Watch the Full Movie - 20 mins)
Winner:
Eastern Oregon Film Festival 2019 -
Rural Appreciation Award (La Grande, OR)
Official Selection:
Oregon Documentary Film Festival 2019 (Portland)
Poppy Jasper Film Festival 2019 (Morgan Hill, CA)
Sandpoint Radius Film Festival 2019 (Sandpoint, ID)
Eastern Oregon Film Festival 2019 (La Grande, OR)
GoWest Shorts Film Festival 2019 (Greeley, CO)
Oneota Film Festival 2020 (Decorah, IA)
Conspiracy Party
Director & Editor
A comedic short film co-produced with Almost Cool
Starring: Tom Assam-Miller, Jake Collins, Hannah McDonald, Jessie Kincaid, Chase Cargill, Cole Salder, Elizabeth Alan, Trevor Stevens and Heston Horwin
Winner: Best Comedy - RATMA Film Festival 2020 (Keighley, UK)
Official Selection:
Adirondack Film Festival 2019 (Glens Falls, NY)
Apocalypse Later Film Festival 2019 (Phoenix, AZ)
Poppy Jasper FIlm Festival 2020 (Morgan Hill, CA)
Eastern Oregon Film Festival 2020 (La Grande, OR)
Cell Adore Film Festival 2021 (London, UK)
Geri’s Game: a shot-for-shot (social distancing) remake
Director
Not wanting to let COVID-19 stop me from creating, I put together this homage to the classic 1997 Pixar short on my balcony during the pandemic
Featured on:
The Pandemic Post
Shelter Shorts
FirstShowing.net
Pixar director Bob Peterson’s Twitter
The Last Animals
Assistant Editor &
Director’s Assistant
World Premiere: Tribeca 2017
More info on the film: http://thelastanimals.com/
Rock Men
Director and Editor
A documentary produced by Market Square Jewelers focused on the international gem market from the perspective of small town businessmen. With exclusive footage shot in New Hampshire, Colombia and Sri Lanka, "Rock Men" doubles as a proof of concept for a travel show while also being a standalone documentary.
Ingredients for Recovery
Director
An educational video on the benefits of alcohol and drug abuse treatment and options for those pursuing sobriety. Produced by Bob Tyler and Humble Housing Publishing.
More information and full video:
http://drugabuseandrecovery.com/ingredients-for-recovery/
Don't Tell My Mom
Writer and Director
A naïve high school boy is forced by high mother to go find a summer job, and ends up working at the last place she'd want him to be… a sex shop!
Spare the Kid
Writer and Director
A former bowling prodigy returns home to his estranged father's bowling alley to claim what he believes is his.
Out of Focus
Writer and Director
Two girls bring a camera on a camping trip and experience some unexpected scares…
PRESS: BREAKUP SEASON
Deadline “Chandler Riggs, Samantha Isler Board H. Nelson Tracey’s Dramedy Breakup Season”
La Grande Observer “Grande Ronde Valley to be Backdrop of a Movie Production”
La Grande Observer “Volunteer is Transporting ‘Breakup Season’ Cast Around Town”
La Grande Observer “Actor Reflects on His Time in La Grande”
La Grande Observer “La Grande Family Enjoyed Hosting Movie Production”
La Grande Observer “Breakup Season Filming Wraps”
PRESS: SHORT FILMS & DOCS
HC Movie Reviews “Sunday Selection: Conspiracy Party”
Cinematic Faves “From Family Portraits to the American Landscape”
La Grande Observer “Filmmakers Come to La Grande with Eyes Set on Film Production”
Dig in Magazine “Interview: Eastern Oregon Filmmaker Residency”
Eastern Oregon Film Festival “Filmmaker Residency Announces Inaugural Cohort”
La Grande Observer “Showcasing Oregon at Local Film Festival”
East Oregonian “LA Movie Director Mines Film Festival Screening”
The Post Star “Filmmakers Arrive for Adirondack Film Festival Opening”
Portsmouth “Dover-based Gem Hunters Rock the World”
NoFilmSchool “How to Build a Film Empire from Warren Miller, the Original DIY guy”
PRESS: VIDEO ESSAYS
BFI (British Film Institute) “The Best Video Essays of 2017”
NoFilmSchool “The 10 Most Essential Video Essays of 2018”
NoFilmSchool “How Location and Visual Motifs Tell the Story in ‘Widows’”
NoFilmSchool “The Unofficial Reading List of the Highly Educated Characters in ‘Captain Fantastic’”
NoFilmSchool “The Unofficial Reading List of the Brilliant Code Breakers in ‘Zodiac’”
NoFilmSchool “The Unofficial Reading List of the Flawed Family in ‘Lady Bird’”
FirstShowing.net “Video Examines books of Captain Fantastic”
FirstShowing.net “Books & Other Hidden Details of Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’”
Merry Go Round Magazine “Two Videos on Widows”
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IMDb
WRITING
Making Movies While Social Distancing [The Pandemic Post]
Junk Food Cinema [The Pandemic Post]
Top 10 Movies of 2019
Top 10 Movies of 2018
‘The Greatest Showman' revises the dark history of P. T. Barnum [Cinemacy]
Top 10 Movies of 2017 [Cinemacy]
When Will Anthony Mackie stop having to play second fiddle? [Cinemacy]
Night Shoot Survival Guide [StudioBinder]
13 Ways to Green your Production [StudioBinder]
7 Pre-Production Hacks for your 2nd AD [StudioBinder]
CONTACT
For résumé and project inquiries please email me at:
henrynelsontracey at gmail.com