Tracie Laymon

She directed *Goodnight Burbank*, recognized as the first half-hour comedy series for the internet, which premiered on Hulu in April 2011 and was acquired by Mark Cuban for HDNet later that year.

Her scripted material has received multiple accolades, including Best Screenplay at the LA Comedy Festival and Best TV Pilot at HollyShorts.

Laymon has also directed a proof-of-concept pilot for Tess Allen's *Matched* and served as an observing director on Showtime's *Shameless*.

She has taught both animation and live-action filmmaking at organizations like Ghetto Film School and on Stanford and Berkeley campuses.

The film also won the top prize, the "Superstar" award at LA Under the Stars festival.