Tracey Cooper
Tracey Cooper – Executive Producer, Riff Raff Films
Tracey Cooper is the Executive Producer behind some of the industries most celebrated work, spanning commercials, short films and interactive. She has a demonstrated history of working in the animation industry and is skilled in Film Production, pre-production, visual effects, short films, and animation.
After studying Film Theory at Kent University, Tracey furthered her study by gaining a Masters in Film Production at Christchurch. She began her career at multi-award winning Blink, rising through the ranks from runner to Head of Production where she specialised in live action and VFX, working with Directors including Dougal Wilson and Doug Foster.
From Blink she moved to Stink, where she partnered with Bafta winning director Gaelle Denis on high profile work for Nike, Du Pont, and Coke.
She joined Nexus in 2010 with the opportunity to work with Bafta winning and Oscar Nominated & Cannes Grand Prix winning Directing duo, Smith and Foulkes. The three of them soon forged a strong alliance and have been responsible for some of the most talked about commercials work over the past 9 years. Their award stash includes every piece of silverware going from British Arrows’ Gold, Webbys, Clios, Sharks to Cannes Lions and everything in between. Notable work includes Honda ‘Hands’ for W&K, Channel 4’s ‘Stand Up To Cancer’, Adam&Eve’s Temptations’, BBC”s ‘Sprout Boy’ Christmas campaign, Wimbledon and the interactive storybook app ‘Radio Jones’. Most recently her work on BBC winter Olympics picked up a Bafta, and the beautifully crafted film for Fender and Jimmy Page won a prestigious Annie award.
Since joining Riff Raff in 2021 she has worked across several high profile spots such as HP and Aldi with Psyop and John Lewis and Playstation with Francois Rousselet.
Tracey also volunteers for Speakers for Schools, a charity which encourages high profile people in their chosen industry to visit pupils in areas of the country with little access to such insider insight.