Will Tracy

Will Tracy
Tracy in 2025
OccupationsFilm producer, screenwriter

Will Tracy is an American film producer and writer.[1][2] [3] He is the former editor in chief of The Onion.[4] He attended Vassar College where he received a degree in English.[5] Tracy was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia (2025). [6]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Writer Producer Ref.
2014–2017 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Yes No
2019–2023 Succession Yes Yes
2024 The Regime[7][8] Yes Yes
2025 Mountainhead No Yes

Feature film

Year Title Writer Producer Ref.
2022 The Menu[4] Yes Yes
2025 Bugonia[9] Yes No
Eddington No Executive

References

  1. ^ Giroux, Jack (18 November 2022). "How The Onion Helped Screenwriters Seth Reiss And Will Tracy Craft 'The Menu' [Exclusive Interview]". SlashFilm.
  2. ^ "Will Tracy on How Isolation Fueled His Writing for "Bugonia"". 16 October 2025.
  3. ^ Dai, Serena (11 October 2012). "Will Tracy: What I Read". The Atlantic.
  4. ^ a b https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/02/29/regime-hbo-winslet-tracy-succession/
  5. ^ "The Onion editors to visit UCLA campus". Daily Bruin.
  6. ^ "2026 Oscars: Full List of Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. ^ "'Succession' Producer Creates New Power Struggle Story, 'The Regime'". www.mediapost.com.
  8. ^ https://www.npr.org/2024/03/03/1235606510/will-tracy-creator-of-hbos-regime-on-the-dark-comedy-about-a-european-autocrat
  9. ^ Park, Soomee (4 October 2024). "'Bugonia': How Ari Aster, 'Succession' Writer Will Tracy and Yorgos Lanthimos Came Together to Remake a Korean Sci-Fi Classic".