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Traci Hays

Traci Hays

Director

Traci Hays is a DGA nominated director along with being an award-winning Production Designer. Her work has earned multiple awards including Best Director and Best Picture.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director
Titles
28 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 20% in 30 days

What are Traci Hays' films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
33%
Survival
32%
Bonds
29%
Morality
6%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Absurd
2
Dread
2
Thrilling
2
Joyful
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Fun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Traci Hays' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 28 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Traci Hays' 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

38 credits, 28 with a MovieCove page.

  • Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story(2026)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • On the Run(2024)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • My Bloody Galentine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Blood, Sweat and Cheer(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • A Little White Lie(2023)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • 40ish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Gabriel's Rapture: Part Two(2022)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Tangled(2022)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Gabriel's Rapture(2021)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Gabriel's Inferno: Part Three(2020)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • DieRy(2020)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Gabriel's Inferno: Part Two(2020)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • A Nice Girl Like You(2020)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Gabriel's Inferno: Part One(2020)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Darkness Falls(2020)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Disconnected (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director

  • Christmas Reservations(2019)

    Set Decoration

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Dark/Web(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Painkillers(2018)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Holly Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Art Direction

  • The Sinister Surrogate(2018)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Beyond the Sky(2018)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Breaking & Exiting(2018)

    Set Decoration

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Matchmaker's Playbook(2018)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Deadly Exchange(2017)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Ex-Wife Killer(2017)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Trouble with Mistletoe(2017)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Afterburn/Aftershock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Art Direction

  • Unwritten Obsession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Art Direction

  • LoveJacked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Production Design

  • Frederick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Fatal Defense(2017)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Bad Twin(2016)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Ex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Art Direction

  • Spaceman(2016)

    Art Direction

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • 400 Days(2015)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Time Lapse(2014)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Project Arbiter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Production Design

Career shape

A full career of 38 titles from 2013 to 2026.

Highest rated

Tangled (2022)

Midcredits 62nd

Most popular right now

Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 38: 8 only directing, 0 with another roleOther crew30 of 38: 30 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score32nd

By decade

2010s22 · crew2020s16 · crew

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.

How do Traci Hays' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 27; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th9
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 28 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · director

On the Run (2024)

82nd percentile spread · 46% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story (2026)

Midcredits 75th · 64% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 61, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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.

Who does Traci Hays work with?

People who share at least 2 of Traci Hays' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Aaron Putnam shares the most, 2.

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers