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Tracey Cooper is the Executive Producer behind some of the industries’ most celebrated work spanning commercials, short films and interactive. After studying Film Theory at Kent University, Tracey furthered her study by gaining a Masters in Film Production at Christchurch. Following a brief flirtation with waitressing at Pizza Express, Tracey chose multi-award winning Blink to begin her commercials career rising through the ranks to Head of Production via runner, PA and Production Manager, where she specialised in live action and VFX working with Directors including Dougal Wilson and Doug Foster. From Blink she moved to Stink, where she partnered with Bafta winning director Gaelle Denis on high profile work for Nike, Du Pont, and Coke. She joined Nexus in 2010 with the opportunity to work with Oscar Nominated & Cannes Grand Prix winning Directing duo, Smith and Foulkes. The three of them soon forged a strong alliance and have been responsible for some of the most talked about commercials work over the past 14 years. Their award stash includes every piece of silverware going from British Arrows’ Golds, Webbys, Clios to Cannes Lions and everything in between. Their work for the BBC winter Olympics won a BAFTA and their Fender commercial won a prestigious Annie Award. Since joining Riff Raff, one of Londons most awarded and prestigious Production Companies, as EP in 2020, she has worked with the likes of Megaforce, Francois Rousselet, David Wilson, Psyop and Smith & Foulkes on commercials for Playstation, Honda, Telstra, John Lewis & Coca Cola.