Tracie Laymon was born and raised in Houston, Texas.  At a very young age, she was captivated by storytelling and spent her free time writing short stories.  After saving every cent from her first job as a video store clerk, she bought her first video camera, which she used to make home video projects and spoof commercials.

As a teenager, her inspiration was also shaped by relocating to Russia, as well surviving a near-fatal car accident after returning to Texas.  After multiple surgeries to repair her broken back, Tracie learned how to walk again while finishing high school.  She followed her passion in film and went on to study radio, television and film at the University of Texas at Austin. She paid her way through college by working as a photographer and videographer for Time Warner News in Austin and was also able to work on local film productions, most notably Richard Linklater's groundbreaking animated film "Waking Life".

After school, Tracie went on to learn the art and business of film and TV production hands-on by exposing herself to a variety of roles on diverse projects including Disney's "The Alamo", Ridley Scott's "Matchstick Men", the Farrelly-brother produced film "The Ringer", and MTV's "The Real World" (Austin). During this time she was also the assistant director and production manager on several local music videos and commercials, including the 2003 Latin Grammy award winning video "Frijolero" by the Mexican band Molotov, as well as the associate producer on the Willie Nelson/Paula Nelson music video "Be that as it May".  Tracie was also able to develop and fine-tune her own filmmaking skills. She completed her first short film, "Up" and her abilities as a writer and director won her the 2004 SXSW Jury Award for the 54 Seconds music video "better?"

Tracie then followed her filmmaking passion and made the 1,500 mile move from Austin, Texas to Los Angeles, where she first worked on such projects as Dreamworks' "Blades of Glory" and the critically-acclaimed concert film "U23D".  In Los Angeles, she assembled a new team to help her make her own short projects, which continued to win jury awards at festivals such as the Las Vegas International Film Festival, the Memphis International Film Festival and the Feel Good Film Festival, which took place at the historic Egyptian theatre in Hollywood

In 2009, she directed a music video for singer/songwriter Ken Block (frontman for the multi-platinum selling band "Sister Hazel"), wrote the narrative script for a 3-D short film for 3ality Digital ("U23D") that was directed by Jessica Landaw ("Cold Case", "Bones", "Judging Amy") and directed the dramatic and edgy short film "Inside", which was produced by Merit Pictures.  "Inside" received a nomination for the 2009 Milan International Film Festival Award, which is considered the Italian "Oscar" of Independent Cinema.  "Inside" premiered domestically to a sold-out audience at Fantastic Fest and also won the jury award for Best Short Film at the 2009 Women’s Image Network Awards.  

2010 has kept Tracie busy with a script revision for acclaimed director Kryzsztof Krauze as well as an American adaptation of an award-winning Polish film by Jacek Bromski.  She also directed a promo video shot at the Seattle Space Needle.

She is directing the first ever half-hour comedy created for the internet, "Goodnight Burbank", created by Hayden Black and starring Laura Silverman ("The Sarah Silverman Program"), Miracle Laurie ("Dollhouse") and featuring John Barrowman ("Torchwood").

Tracie plans to direct her first feature film in 2011.