Biografia
Tracey Trench is a distinguished content producer and seasoned builder of global media enterprises, boasting a 30-year career in international entertainment. Her work has received Emmy and Tony Award nominations and has earned top honors from the Sundance Film Festival, duPont-Columbia Awards, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
In 2011, Tracey joined the leadership team at DreamWorks Animation Studio in Shanghai early on, contributing to the studio’s growth to over 200 employees before its acquisition by Comcast/Universal in 2016. She then led the Russo Brothers' (directors of Marvel's Avengers films) expansion into Asia, where their venture produced Wolf Warrior 2, one of the highest-grossing Chinese films ever.
Over the last decade, Tracey has specialized in merging content creation with business development for major media companies such as Discovery Networks and Amazon. She built two distinct content platforms for Discovery in Asia and Latin America and led a global wellness content platform founded by former pro athletes, producing over 200 episodes across these platforms.
Tracey continues to produce and oversee film, television, documentary, and theater projects generating over $1 billion worldwide. She has held presidential roles on overall deals at Universal, Disney, and MGM and has produced films for all major studios. Passionate about new technologies, she combines deep storytelling expertise, extensive media and tech connections, and experience navigating complex international markets.
Early in her career, Tracey impressed top Fox executives Peter Chernin, Bill Mechanic, and Chris Meledandri with her ability to produce compelling, commercially viable stories on tight budgets. They entrusted her to produce the Cinderella-themed film Ever After, filmed in France’s medieval Perigord region starring Drew Barrymore. Managing a multinational cast and crew and complex international financing, she delivered the film on time and budget. It became a sleeper hit for Fox, grossing over $100 million worldwide in 1998 and launching her producing career.
Tracey went on to produce films for Disney and Fox before becoming President of Robert Simonds’ company. Together, they targeted the underserved four-quadrant comedy market, producing hits such as The Pink Panther, Yours, Mine and Ours, Cheaper by the Dozen, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and Just Married. She also joined the lead producers team that adapted Albert Maysles’ documentary Grey Gardens into a Broadway success, winning three Tony Awards.
At Twentieth Century Fox, her first job, Tracey helped develop franchise family comedies, including the initial Power Rangers movies. She also financed and produced the acclaimed documentary Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary, which follows a ten-year-old immigrant girl in one of L.A.'s poorest neighborhoods. The film won the Freedom of Expression Award at Sundance, received an Emmy nomination, and earned the duPont-Columbia Award from the Pulitzer Prize committee. The Rockefeller Foundation recognizes it as one of the top ten films on American race relations.
Tracey serves as a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, advisor to UCLA’s Producers Program and the American Film Institute, and teaches storytelling and production masterclasses across North America and Asia. She was the Grand Judge of the first Beijing International Screenwriting Competition and has long acted as liaison to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Hong Kong Filmart.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Social Anthropology from Harvard University and an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. Tracey began her Hollywood career as a researcher at Creative Artists Agency before quickly advancing to a studio executive role at Twentieth Century Fox.
