We had a great conversation with Award Winning Director Traci Hays. We talked about her directing “On The Run”. We talked about her career, her life and even where we all feel AI & Tech is going within the entertainment industry.
About On The Run: The indie horror thriller follows two sisters, Kayla and Paige Jones, who are polar opposites. While Kayla (Sofia Masson) wants to follow in the footsteps of their mother to become a teacher, Paige (Taylor Geare) wants nothing more than to leave their small desert town to forge her own path. After their mother is murdered, the sisters discover that they have been in Witness Protection ever since their father betrayed Vince (William Mark McCullough), the president of The Inferno Risers motorcycle club who is now out of prison and seeking vengeance against the family. Kayla and Paige soon find themselves on the run across the Southwest and, with no one left to protect them, quickly realize that they can only rely on each other to save their sisterhood. The movie is set to premiere on Tubi August 17th.
Hays has made a name for herself in the horror genre. Blood, Sweat, and Cheer was recently included in Vulture’s list of Top Ten Best Tubi Original Movies which you can see here. Her most recent film My Bloody Galentine chronicled three women (Ella Rae-Smith, Cassie Clare, and Miriam-Teak Lee) who plot revenge on their exes after they are dumped before Valentine’s Day, which quickly turns deadly. The movie was recently featured on Creepy Catalog’s list of 75+ Best (and worst) Horror Movies of 2024
- Recently directed On The Run which was recently included in the Variety What’s Coming to Tubi Roundup that you can see here. It isset to premiere August 17th
- Her last film, Tubi’sMy Bloody Galentine starring Ella-Rae Smith was recently featured in Creepy Catalog 50+ Best (and worst) Horror Movies of 2024 So Far, Ranked which you can read here
- Has been featured in numerous publications including Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, FOX40, Fangoria, MovieWeb, and Collider just to name a few
- Blood, Sweat, and Cheer was recently included in Vulture’s list of Top Ten Best Tubi Original Movies which you can see here
- Finalist at the DGA Student Film Awards for Lions Among Men which lead to a Best Director and Best Picture nomination at The Cecil Awards
- She is a proud member of Women In Film, Member of Alliance of Women Directors, Free The Work, and Film Fatales
- The short Frederick won Best Director at the LA Film Awards along with various other accolades such as Best Picture at the NYC Film Awards and at the LA Independent Film Festival Awards
- Was honored as Best Director at the International New York Film Festival for her short 40ish, which also won Best Short and numerous other awards
- An alumna of Chapman University’s Film & Television Program where she was mentored by legendary directors Randal Klesier (Grease), Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl), and John Badham (Saturday Night Fever)
Other film projects include Tangled as well as the short films Disconnected, and HookedCheck out her website here: https://www.tracihays.com/
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