Will Tracy is a prominent writer, producer, and actor in the industry, renowned for his dark comedic works such as The Menu and Succession. He began his career at The Onion, a satirical newspaper, before transitioning to writing for television shows like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, where he contributed to 58 episodes and won Emmy Awards. Later, he worked as a writer and producer on Succession, co-wrote the screenplay for The Menu (2022) with Seth Reiss, inspired by a real-life experience at a fine dining restaurant. He also created and wrote The Regime (2024), a television miniseries, and penned the screenplay for Bugonia (2025), a sci-fi comedy directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Additionally, he has appeared in small acting roles, such as in Succession.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer and producer
- 6 on MovieCove
What are Will Tracy's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 0
A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Will Tracy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Will Tracy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Bugonia(2025)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Mountainhead(2025)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Regime(2024)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
The Menu(2022)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Succession(2018)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 6 titles from 2014 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
6 Primetime Emmys and 11 other major awards from 24 major nominations, 2015–2026.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay (Adapted)
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Adapted Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
- Writers Guild Award, won · Drama Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Drama Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Original Screenplay
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Drama Series
+2 other major bodies · 2 wins
- Writers Guild Award, won · Drama Series
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Drama Series
+2 other major bodies · 3 wins
- Writers Guild Award, won · Drama Series
- Writers Guild Award, won · Episodic Drama
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety Talk Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety Series
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- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Will Tracy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 73/100 and the plot and story 53/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Will Tracy's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Will Tracy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Will Tracy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Seth Reiss shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Seth ReissShared titles: The Regime (2024), The Menu (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Seth Reiss
Producers
- Frank RichShared titles: Mountainhead (2025), The Regime (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Rich
Mixed roles
- Mark MylodShared titles: Mountainhead (2025), The Menu (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Mylod
