Storytelling is my passion.


Cinema is my medium.


 

DIRECTORIAL DEBUT:

 
 
 
 
 

Breakup Season
(Narrative Feature)
Writer, Director, Producer

Now available to watch at home!

BreakupSeasonMovie.com

DOCUMENTARY WORK:

 
 

The Pantone Guy
(Documentary Feature)
Associate Producer

 

IN PRODUCTION:

The Clyde Best Story
(Documentary Feature)
Producer

 

PRIOR WORK:

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Assistant Editor

NOW AVAILABLE ON HULU

Production Company:
Story Syndicate

 

Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga
Assistant Editor

NOW AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX

Production Company:
Story Syndicate

 

Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story
Associate Producer & Assistant Editor

Now Available on Amazon Prime,
iTunes & more

Opening Night & Audience Award Winner: Slamdance Film Festival 2019

Production Companies:
O'Malley Creadon Productions, BoBCat Partners, Lorton Entertainment

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Steve's picture jaspers can be found here: http://silverstreams.com/
 

Conspiracy Party
Director & Editor

A comedic short film co-produced with Almost Cool

Starring: Tom Assam-Miller, Jake Collins, Hannah McDonald, Jessie Kincaid, Chase Cargill, Cole Salder, Elizabeth Alan, Trevor Stevens and Heston Horwin

Winner: Best Comedy - RATMA Film Festival 2020 (Keighley, UK)

Official Selection:
Adirondack Film Festival 2019 (Glens Falls, NY)
Apocalypse Later Film Festival 2019 (Phoenix, AZ)
Poppy Jasper FIlm Festival 2020 (Morgan Hill, CA)
Eastern Oregon Film Festival 2020 (La Grande, OR)
Cell Adore Film Festival 2021 (London, UK)

Check out our other stuff here: Website: http://www.almostcoolfilms.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/almostcoolfilms Instagram: http://instagram.com/almostcoolfilms Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlmostCoolFilms Directed by H. Nelson Tracey http://www.hnelsontracey.com/ https://twitter.com/DrivingNelson Cast Tom Assam-Miller as Ozzy Jake Collins as Harrison Hannah McDonald as Emma Jessica Kincaid as Tay Chase Cargill as Melvin Cole Sadler as Art Elizabeth Alan as Kubrick Fangirl Trevor Stevens as D.
 

Geri’s Game: a shot-for-shot (social distancing) remake
Director

Not wanting to let COVID-19 stop me from creating, I put together this homage to the classic 1997 Pixar short on my balcony during the pandemic

Featured on:
The Pandemic Post
Shelter Shorts
FirstShowing.net
Pixar director Bob Peterson’s Twitter

Watch the original 1997 Oscar winning short film by Pixar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kweN7VLx-JE In these times of social distancing / COVID-19 / ...
 
 

The Last Animals
Assistant Editor &
Director’s Assistant

World Premiere: Tribeca 2017

More info on the film: http://thelastanimals.com/

Directed by Kate Brooks, The Last Animals is a story about an extraordinary group of people who go to incredible lengths to save the planet's last animals. The documentary follows the conservationists, scientists and activists battling poachers and criminal networks to protect elephants and rhinos.
 

Rock Men
Director and Editor

A documentary produced by Market Square Jewelers focused on the international gem market from the perspective of small town businessmen. With exclusive footage shot in New Hampshire, Colombia and Sri Lanka, "Rock Men" doubles as a proof of concept for a travel show while also being a standalone documentary. 

Click here for more info

 

Ingredients for Recovery
Director

An educational video on the benefits of alcohol and drug abuse treatment and options for those pursuing sobriety. Produced by Bob Tyler and Humble Housing Publishing.

More information and full video: 
http://drugabuseandrecovery.com/ingredients-for-recovery/

 

 

Don't Tell My Mom
Writer and Director

A naïve high school boy is forced by high mother to go find a summer job, and ends up working at the last place she'd want him to be… a sex shop!

Click here for more info

 

Spare the Kid
Writer and Director

A former bowling prodigy returns home to his estranged father's bowling alley to claim what he believes is his.

Click here for more info

Directed by H. Nelson Tracey
 

Out of Focus
Writer and Director

Two girls bring a camera on a camping trip and experience some unexpected scares…

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Based on a true story A thriller about two girls who go camping and bring a camera… Cast: Johanna Albertsson, Lara Repko Crew: H. Nelson Tracey, Wyatt Lennertz, Zane Schwartz, Nate Grady Reitan, Bryan Hume, Andrew Guastaferro, Jasper Bernbaum, Tansu Philip, Brendan Baz, Brian Weisbord, John McGrath, Ciaran Redmond, Anthony Deng
 

PRESS: BREAKUP SEASON

Deadline “Chandler Riggs, Samantha Isler Board H. Nelson Tracey’s Dramedy Breakup Season”

La Grande Observer “Grande Ronde Valley to be Backdrop of a Movie Production”

La Grande Observer “Volunteer is Transporting ‘Breakup Season’ Cast Around Town”

La Grande Observer “Actor Reflects on His Time in La Grande”

La Grande Observer “La Grande Family Enjoyed Hosting Movie Production”

La Grande Observer “Breakup Season Filming Wraps”

PRESS: SHORT FILMS & DOCS

HC Movie Reviews “Sunday Selection: Conspiracy Party”

Cinematic Faves “From Family Portraits to the American Landscape”

La Grande Observer “Filmmakers Come to La Grande with Eyes Set on Film Production”

Dig in Magazine “Interview: Eastern Oregon Filmmaker Residency”

Eastern Oregon Film Festival “Filmmaker Residency Announces Inaugural Cohort”

La Grande Observer “Showcasing Oregon at Local Film Festival”

East Oregonian “LA Movie Director Mines Film Festival Screening”

The Post Star “Filmmakers Arrive for Adirondack Film Festival Opening”

Portsmouth “Dover-based Gem Hunters Rock the World”

NoFilmSchool “How to Build a Film Empire from Warren Miller, the Original DIY guy”

PRESS: VIDEO ESSAYS

BFI (British Film Institute) “The Best Video Essays of 2017”

NoFilmSchool “The 10 Most Essential Video Essays of 2018”

NoFilmSchool “How Location and Visual Motifs Tell the Story in ‘Widows’”

NoFilmSchool “The Unofficial Reading List of the Highly Educated Characters in ‘Captain Fantastic’”

NoFilmSchool “The Unofficial Reading List of the Brilliant Code Breakers in ‘Zodiac’”

NoFilmSchool “The Unofficial Reading List of the Flawed Family in ‘Lady Bird’”

FirstShowing.net “Video Examines books of Captain Fantastic”

FirstShowing.net “Books & Other Hidden Details of Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’”

Merry Go Round Magazine “Two Videos on Widows”

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IMDb

 

 

 

CONTACT

For résumé and project inquiries please email me at:

henrynelsontracey at gmail.com

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HINT OF FILM

Video Essays taking a deeper look at cinema

(Click here to view full YouTube channel)

Every book featured in the 2007 film Zodiac THE COMPLETE LIST: -Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958) by Dr. Seuss -The Code Breakers (1967) by David Kahn -Codes and Ciphers: Secret Writing Through the Ages (1964) by John Laffin -Secret Writing: The Craft of the Cryptographer (1970) by James Raymond Wolfe -The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) film directed by Eugene Lourie -Dick Tracy Lunchbox, 1967 -Animal Crackers (cookie) -The Most Dangerous Game (1932) film directed by Irving Pichel and Ernest B.
youtube.com/hintoffilm Every book featured in the 2017 film Lady Bird, written and directed by Greta Gerwig (some other Cultural Artifacts included too) THE COMPLETE LIST: -The Grapes of Wrath (1939) by John Steinbeck audiobook narrated by Dylan Baker -The Pledge of Allegiance -The Theology of Augustine: An Introductory Guide to His Most Important Works (2013) by Matthew Levering -The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas (1988) edited by Christopher Martin -Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard (2014) by Søren Kierkegaard - “New York Groove” written by Russ Ballard, performed here by Kiss - “Hand in My Pocket” by Alanis Morissette - “Happy” by Keith Richards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geRoV... - “Everybody Says Don’t” by Stephen Sondheim, from the musical “Anyone Can Whistle” (1964) -The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison (1995) by Jerry Hopkins -Applying Rules of Exponents - Basic Examples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsaH5... -N.C. Wyeth: The Collected Paintings, Illustrations, and Murals (1972) by N. C. Wyeth A series of books all by James A. Michener: -The Covenant (1980) -Alaska (1988) -Texas (1985) -Poland (1983) -Caribbean (1989) -The Drifters (1971) -Centennial (1974) -Iberia (1968) -Space (1982) -America: Reagan Country Poster (1980s) -The Cake Bible (1988) by Rose Levy Beranbaum -Merrily We Roll Along (1981 musical) by Stephen Sondheim, medley includes “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Old Friends,” “Good Thing Going” and “Honey” -Crash (1996) by Dave Matthews Band -Pillow: “Golfers Never Diet, They Just Exist on Greens” - “A Woman in Love” sheet music from the movie musical Guys and Dolls (1955), by Frank Loesser -Deadly China Doll (1973) film directed by Feng Huang -Not a Pretty Girl (1995) by Ani DiFranco -Rushmore (1998) film directed by Wes Anderson -Who, What Am I? Tolstoy’s Struggle to Narrate the Self (2014) by Irina Paperno Featuring the following Tolstoy excerpt/quote, featured on Lady Bird’s wall: “Awoke late out of sloth. Wrote My diary and did gymnastics, hurrying. Did not study English out of sloth. With Begichev and with Islavin was vain. At Beklemishev’s was cowardly and lack of fierté. On Tver Boulevard wanted to show off. For the same reason rode to Ozerov’s. Did not return to Kalymazhnyi, thoughtlessness. At the Gorchakovs’ dissembled and did not call things by their names, fooling myself.” -Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton, quote: “Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.” -Anna Karenina (1878) by Leo Tolstoy, quote: “Boredom - the desire for desires” -Oil! (1927) by Upton Sinclair, also the inspiration for Paul Thomas Anderson’s film There Will Be Blood (2007) -A People’s History of the United States (1980) by Howard Zinn -Holy Bible, Genesis 15:4, The Lord’s Covenant with Abram -Repeat of A People’s History of the United States -National Geographic Magazine - Inside the Great White (April 2000) -The Best of LIFE (1973) -Autobiography of Mark Twain: Reader’s Edition Volume I (2010) by Mark Twain -Justified (2002) by Justin Timberlake, song “Cry Me a River” -Who Killed Precious (1991) by H.P. Jeffers -The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials Book II (1997) by Philip Pullman -Quality (2002) by Talib Kweli -The Cold Vein (2001) by Cannibal Ox -Fix-it and Forget-it Big Cookbook (2008) by Phyllis Pellman Good -Pretty in Pink (1986) film directed by Howard Deutch -Mondrian: Basic Art Series (2015) by Susanne Deicher - note that the book featured in Lady Bird is entitled “Modern Art” and features a Mondrian piece on the cover -Composition No. III with Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black (1929) artwork by Piet Mondrian -Tower Bridge, Sacramento, CA (postcard from the California State Capitol) -The Tempest (1611) by William Shakespeare -Sacramento, CA T-Shirt -Playgirl Magazine - June 2003 -Hour of the Hunter (1991) by J. A. Jance -Sacred Country (1992) by Rose Tremain -Liechtenstein: History and Institutions of the Principality (1970) by Pierre Raton -The Conqueror (1931) by Georgette Heyer -Kagemusha (1980) film directed by Akira Kurosawa -Hallelujah (traditional) Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted. No copyright is claimed on non-original music score nor non-original video. All original, subsequent content is owned by due copyright owners. Original content has been created for this video, fair use law does not apply to this material. Video Essay Credits Edited by H. Nelson Tracey https://www.hnelsontracey.com/ Director of Photography Tommy Oceanak http://www.tommyoceanak.com/ Original Music by Jess Weimer http://jessweimer.com/ https://twitter.com/HintofFilm https://twitter.com/DrivingNelson Lady Bird (2017) Credits Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig Cinematography by Sam Levy Production De
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A supercut video essay demonstrating how the cinematography in I, Tonya mirrors the frictionless motion felt while on ice skates, helping to create the notion that skating consumed Tonya Harding's life. When I saw the film, this was one of my biggest observations - seeing how few people I talked to had this observation, I decided to make a video essay covering this topic.
When the Revenant was released, nearly all of the film's press focused on the behind-the-scenes insanity, and Leo of course. Here's a deeper look at some of the spiritual and religious themes that I gathered from watching the film. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY If you like this, please let me know and I'll make more!
Darren Aronofsky directed two powerhouse works of cinema in 2008 and 2010, "The Wrestler" and "Black Swan." He has described the two contrasting films as companion pieces - this video essay looks at how the two films exist as such. Written and Edited by: H.
It's been 20 years since the release of Pokémon: The First Movie, and despite the fact that I hadn't seen it since, a certain message from the movie about perseverance has stuck with me - watch for yourself. Note: I realize that this is a broadly speaking video.
Widows, Steve McQueen's followup to Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave, was largely overlooked when it was released in November 2018. It ultimately received zero Oscar nominations, despite originally being an awards contender. There are a few reasons why this happened, some of which were the movie's fault, some of which weren't.
As movies evolve, the technology of the era (cameras, phones, etc) informs what types of stories are told. This spoiler-free video examines two movies, INGRI...
Original Trailer Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Th84oGDno Bonnie and Clyde remains a classic movie that catapulted Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway to legendary status. This fall, director Melina Matsoukas is releasing a Queen and Slim as a clear homage but with a modern approach, starring Daniel Kaluuya and newcomer Jodie Turner-Smith.
Part 2 of a series on Widows, Steve McQueen's 2018 film. The first video essay analyzes why it was overlooked by audiences. This video explores numerous aspects of what makes it great. Notably, its excellent use of the Chicago location as a full-fledged character, as well as the visual motifs used to show the growth and transformation of Veronica (Viola Davis).
There has never been a year with more actors overlapping in the same movies nominated for awards. I created a visual infographic, and this accompanying video...
What would happen if James Halliday was obsessed with fairy tales instead of the 80s?
SPOILERS FOR US IN THIS VIDEO** Jordan Peele's Us displays a master attention to detail at a nearly unparalleled level. Like his previous horror film, Get Out, there is much more to be discovered on repeat viewings, especially in the production design.
In the midst of coronavirus, COVID-19, and the resulting pandemic, two movies with loosely similar subject matters resurfaced and gained new relevance in thi...

 

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Covering 1990s and 2000s kids and family movies and the remarkably similar aesthetics of this era in film history.

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FUN STUFF

Watch Conspiracy Party: https://youtu.be/N-ETCSUFOn0 Website: http://www.almostcoolfilms.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/almostcoolfilms Instagram: http://instagram.com/almostcoolfilms Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlmostCoolFilms
Assistant editor H. Nelson Tracey switched from Premiere to Media Composer for "Ski Bum : The Warren Miller Story".
Nelson is a Los Angeles based filmmaker. HNelsonTracey.com Check out the short "Conspiracy Party" here: https://youtu.be/N-ETCSUFOn0
(Low resolution - I was waiting for Park City TV to post this video and they never did, so I posted a recording from a friend. This aired on February 1st, 2019)