Aaron Tracy

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Aaron Tracy
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Washington, D.C.. U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Television and Podcast writer, producer, director
Website www.listentoparallax.com

Aaron Tracy is an American screenwriter and podcast creator. He is on faculty at Yale University. [1] [2] He is most known for writing 10 Days (2021), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), The Coldest Case (2021), and Supreme: The Battle for Roe (2023).

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Early life and education

Born in Washington, D.C., Tracy received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University and a Master's in English Literature from Yale University. [3]

Career

Tracy has written for several television series, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , [4] [5] [6] Fairly Legal , [7] The Tap, [8] [9] and Sequestered . [9] He created and served as Executive Producer on Sequestered, a serialized thriller that aired on Sony's Crackle. [10] [11] He has developed original series at CBS, USA,[8] Freeform, and Lifetime. [12] [11]

Tracy has also created and written original audio dramas. [13] His first show, The Coldest Case, featuring Aaron Paul and Krysten Ritter, was released on Audible in Fall 2021. [2] [14] [15] [16] Tracy subsequently created and wrote Murder in Bermuda, [17] Supreme: The Battle for Roe, [18] [19] featuring William H. Macy, [20] and 10 Days, starring Glen Powell. [21]

At Yale, Tracy teaches courses on TV drama and narrative podcasts. [13] [22] [23] [24] [25] He is the founder of the audio company Parallax. [13] [12]

Awards

Tracy received two 2024 Webby Awards for Supreme: The Battle for Roe. [26] [12]

Filmography

Writer

YearTitleTypeRoleNotesRef.
2024The Coldest Case: The Past Has A Long MemoryPodcast SeriesCreator8 episodes [15] [27]
2023Supreme: The Battle for RoePodcast SeriesCreator10 episodes [18] [19]
2023Murder in BermudaPodcast SeriesCreator6 episodes
2022Daniel X: GenesisPodcast SeriesCreator4 episodes [17]
202110 DaysPodcast SeriesCreator10 episodes [28] [29] [21]
2021The Coldest CasePodcast SeriesCreator9 episodes [14] [17]
2018–2020To Live & Dialogue in LATV SeriesCreator7 episodes
2017The TapTV SeriesCreator, Writer1 episode [8]
2014 Sequestered TV SeriesCreator12 episodes [10] [21]
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV SeriesWriter1 episode [4] [30] [5]
2011–2012 Fairly Legal TV SeriesWriter1 episode [7] [31] [32]
2010Porcelain and DiamondsShort FilmWriter

Producer

YearTitleTypeRoleEpisodesRef.
2024The Coldest Case: The Past Has A Long MemoryPodcast SeriesExecutive Producer8 [15] [33]
2023Supreme: The Battle for RoePodcast SeriesExecutive Producer10 [18]
2023Murder in BermudaPodcast SeriesExecutive Producer6
2022Daniel X: GenesisPodcast SeriesExecutive Producer4 [17]
202110 DaysPodcast SeriesExecutive Producer10 [28] [29]
2021The Coldest CasePodcast SeriesExecutive Producer9 [14]
2018–2020To Live & Dialogue in LATV SeriesExecutive Producer7
2017The TapTV SeriesCo-Executive Producer– [9]
2014–2015 Sequestered TV SeriesExecutive Producer6 [10]

Director

YearTitleEpisodesRoleRef.
2024The Coldest Case: The Past Has A Long Memory8Director [14] [15]
2022Daniel X: Genesis4Director
202110 Days10Director [28] [29]

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