Tracy Droz Tragos

Tracy Droz Tragos is an American documentary filmmaker. She is known for her documentary films Rich Hill, Abortion: Stories Women Tell, and Plan C.

Life and career
Tragos received her undergraduate degree in fiction writing from Northwestern University and her MFA in screenwriting from the University of Southern California. In 2003, she directed her first documentary, Be Good, Smile Pretty, it aired on PBS's Independent Lens and won an Emmy in the category of best documentary at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards in 2004. In 2014, She co-directed Rich Hill, along with Andrew Droz Palermo, which won the best documentary at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2016, Tragos directed and produced the documentary Abortion: Stories Women Tell, which was broadcast on HBO Documentary Films and nominated for an Emmy for outstanding social issue documentary at the 37th News and Documentary Emmy Awards. She was the recipient of a 2020 Guggenheim fellowship. In 2021, She directed The Smartest Kids in the World, based on the New York Times bestseller The Smartest Kids in the World.

In 2023, Tragos' documentary Plan C, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. She is an adjunct professor teaching documentary filmmaking at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Tragos has two children, Charlotte Dorothy Tragos and Samuel Glenn Tragos, and is married to advertising executive Christian George Tragos.