Tracy Ryan

Screenwriter

Chicago, Illinois

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August 2013

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About Tracy

I began writing screenplays five years ago when I took a creative writing course and “something clicked” in the screenwriting module of the course. Finding a way to connect my background in advertising, interest in writing, wild imagination, and love of cinema, I spent two years taking screenwriting classes and the result was my first screenplay, Lucy in London, a family script. In 2013, Lucy in London won the Chicago Screenwriters Network contest in the family film genre and was a top-13 finalist in Scriptapalooza, a second-rounder in the Austin Film Festival and a semi-finalist in Page International.

Now I have completed five screenplays and placed well in several competitions. I just started marketing myself and my writing. I write everyday, takes loads of classes, and juggle being a wife and mother (two teenage girls!)

Prior to writing screenplays, Tracy had a long career in advertising and marketing.

Gender:
Female

Certifications

Loglines

The Alliance Drama ⋄ Thriller An idealistic young journalist learns of a decades-old crime of murder and cover-up that involves the President and tries to secure proof and blog the story before she is caught and killed.
Dad's Behaving Badly Adventure ⋄ Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Family A parent and teen outbound adventure trip in remote Arizona with three flawed fathers and their not-so-happy teenagers goes awry when they cross paths with a Mexican drug cartel.
Lucy in London Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Family ⋄ Musical When a spunky and talented 12-year-old American girl is forced to go to London with her workaholic mom, she secretly auditions and wins the last minute replacement of “Annie” in the West End production and must survive until opening night to prove her talent to her mother.
The Golden Years Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Romance A workaholic managing partner of a law firm is forced to retire at sixty-five. His overjoyed wife whisks them to a lively senior community in Florida and unless he overcomes old habits and an identity crisis he’ll lose his wife to a fun and popular resident, who is also an old foe of his.
She's Mine Comedy ⋄ Drama ⋄ Family ⋄ Romance The friendship of two fourteen-year-old boys is ruined when they both fall for the hot new girl at their school only to learn that she’s been setting them up - her psychotic shtick she enjoys every time she relocates to a new town. They turn the tables.

Awards

Finalist, Chicago Screenwriters Network, "The Alliance"
(2013)
Winner, Comedy, Int'l Family Film Festival, "Lucy in London"
(2013)
Gold Medal, Family Film, Chicago Screenwriters Network, "Lucy in London"
(2012)
Semi-Finalist, Page, Thriller, "The Alliance"
(2012)
Quarter-Finalist, Slamdance, Big Break, Scriptapalooza, "The Alliance"
(2012)
Winner, Illinois Int'l Film Festival, "Dads Behaving Badly"
(2011)
Top 13 Finalist, Scriptapalooza, "Lucy in London"
(2009)