---
name: "Will Tracy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-tracy"
fi1m_id: "will-tracy"
imdb_id: "nm4301557"
tmdb_id: 2373362
wikidata_id: "Q115493607"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-13T21:47:59.268268+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Will Tracy

## Identity

Will Tracy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-tracy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** will-tracy
- **IMDb ID:** nm4301557
- **TMDB ID:** 2373362
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115493607
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Tracy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115493607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4301557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2373362

Writer and producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** ウィル・トレイシー, Will Tracey
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam McKay](https://film.one/person/adam-mckay.md), [Mark Mylod](https://film.one/person/mark-mylod.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 64 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 67 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 2, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $123m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Tracy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115493607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4301557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2373362

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Succession*](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) (88), [*The Regime*](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md) (48)
- **Netflix:** [*Bugonia*](https://film.one/film/bugonia.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*The Menu*](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Will Tracy is an American screenwriter and film producer. He is the former editor-in-chief of satirical newspaper *The Onion* and holds a degree in English from Vassar College.

Tracy wrote for *Last Week Tonight with John Oliver* from 2014 to 2017. He later served as a writer and producer on the HBO series *Succession* (2019–2023) and created the miniseries *The Regime* (2024).

His film credits include co-writing the screenplay for *The Menu* (2022) with Seth Reiss and writing the screenplay for *Bugonia* (2025), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Bugonia* (2025), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/bugonia.md)
- *The Regime* (2024), Fi1m 48, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md)
- *The Menu* (2022), Fi1m 72, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md)
- *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, Writer, Executive Producer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bugonia* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/bugonia.md)
- *Mountainhead* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Regime* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md)
- *The Menu* (2022), Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md)
- *Succession* (2018), series, as Dylan · Writer, Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2026: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Bugonia*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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