Tracie Laymon

Tracie Laymon
Born Houston, Texas
Residence Los Angeles, California
Nationality United States
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.

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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
2000 Where the Heart Is Property assistant
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
2006 Goodnight Burbank Director
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

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Category Result
2004 Southwest Film Festival better? Jury Award South 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 Best Short Film Won[6]

See also

Film portal
Television portal

References

  1. ^ Laymon, Tracie (2010). "Tracie Laymon's Biography". TracieLaymon.com (www.tracielaymon.com). http://www.tracielaymon.com/bio.html. Retrieved 2010-12-08. 
  2. ^ a b c Langdon, Jessica (September 27, 2009). "Doctor's first film called powerful". Wichita Falls Times Record News (Texas): p. A1. http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2009/sep/27/doctors-first-film-called-powerful/. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
  3. ^ a b c "Tracie Laymon: Inside". TVN (www.televisionet.tv). June 2009. http://www.televisionet.tv/blog/index.php/2009/06/tvn-tracie-laymon-inside. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Biography for Tracie Laymon". Turner Classic Movies (www.tcmdb.com). 2010. http://www.tcmdb.com/participant.jsp?participantId=1137313. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
  5. ^ a b c "Tracie Laymon". Allmovie (www.allmovie.com). 2010. http://www.allmovie.com/artist/tracie-laymon-397598/filmography. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Tracie Laymon". IFC Icons (Independent Film Channel). 2010. http://www.ifc.com/icons/tracie-laymon.php. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
  7. ^ Dillinger, Katherine (March 18, 2004). "Newsmakers". Austin American-Statesman. 
  8. ^ a b O'Connell, Joe (December 30, 2005). "And the Rest". The Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:322092. Retrieved 2010-12-08. 
  9. ^ "Goodbye Michael Jackson: Star, brother, friend, father". CNN (Time Warner). July 7, 2009. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/07/michael.jackson.wrap/. Retrieved 2010-12-08. 
  10. ^ a b "Lo and Behold: On Location Film Festival Awards". The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee). May 4, 2009. 

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