Biography
Director Tracey Larcombe is a TV Drama, short film & comedy director who comes from a strong creative background, as well as programme production for SKY & the BBC. With a track record for directing intelligent, eye-catching projects in a variety of genres, Tracey is a natural storyteller, communicating with her audience in an engaging, emotional & cinematic way. As well as her passion and infectious enthusiasm, she has a very strong sense of what she wants and knows how to communicate this to her actors and crew with sensibility, diplomacy, and a sense of humour. Tracey is adept at delivering high profile, high end, creatively driven projects on schedule and on budget. She is a born collaborator with a dedicated ethos of teamwork, kindness, care and encouragement for cast and crew both on and off set.
Among Tracey's most recent credits is as lead director on South African set true crime drama series, 'Catch Me a Killer'. The series is based on SA's first serial killer profiler Micki Pistorious' best selling novel, and stars GOT's Charlotte Hope. The series was the first ever South African series to be selected for the International Panorama competition at SeriesMania, Europe's biggest TV festival. Tracey's opening two episodes screened at the festival to much acclaim, where 'Variety' dubbed it 'Mindhunter meets Silence of the Lambs'.
Tracey has directed numerous other TV drama series, including ITV four-parter 'Innocent 2' starring Katherine Kelly, Jamie Bamber, Shaun Dooley, Priyanga Burford and Amy Leigh-Hickman. Other credits include 'Silent Witness' (series 23 & 25), 'Death in Paradise', 'Holby City', 'Casualty' and 'Doctors' for BBC1 and 'Hollyoaks' for Lime Pictures/Channel 4. Other shows include RTS Award winning drama 'Moving On' for LA Productions/ BBC1 and BAFTA award winning CBBC show 'The Dumping Ground'.
In collaboration with other writers & producers, Tracey has a slate of her own projects in development including, dark comedy drama feature/series 'How to Eat Your Husband', based on Natalie Young's best-selling book 'Season to Taste - Or How to Eat Your Husband', for which Chris Eccleston and Bernard Hill are attached. Feature screenplay 'Mother in the Cupboard', a paranom-com co-written with David Baddiel; and TV series adaptation of Baddiel's hilarious novel, 'Time for Bed', which is in development. Tracey has worked extensively throughout the UK and is highly experienced in working in many other countries including Rep of Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Moldova, Africa, India, Cambodia, China, Japan, South Africa, the Caribbean and across the USA.
