Tracey Anarella

Tracey Anarella (born January 28, 1963) is an American documentary film maker.

Career Anarella made her debut as the director of Jesse and the Fountain of Youth (2013), an 11-minute documentary about a New York City subway busker. The movie won the "Emerging Artists Award" at the McMinnville Short Film Festival (2013), "Best Short Film" at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (2014) and "Best Documentary" at the Laughlin International Film Festival (2014). The movie received three nominations at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema in 2015 and was featured in the Cannes Short Corner marketplace at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival She continued with a 10-minute documentary Beautiful Lies (2016) about her father, 87 year-old artist George Williams, who has dementia and talks about his life through his alter ego named Charles. It premiered at 2016 Harlem International Film Festival and later was screened at Laughlin International Film Festival (2016). SENE Film, Art and Music Festival (2017) and YoFiFest (2017).

In 2017, Anarella made Not Black Enough, her first full-length documentary featuring Vanessa Williams, Petey Pablo, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Florence LaRue. It was featured at WOW Middle Eastern Film Festival (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), at Roxbury Film Festival, Austin Revolution Film Festival, Queens World Film Festival, SENE Film, Art and Music Festival and at International Black Film Festival, 19th San Francisco Black Film Festival and African Diaspora Film Festival.

In 2017, Anarella started to film Livingston Taylor: Life Is Good, a documentary about American folk musician Livingston Taylor. The movie was partially crowdfunded at Indiegogo.

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result2013 McMinnville Short Film Festival 2013 Best Emerging Artist Award Jesse and the Fountain of Youth Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Official Selection Jesse and the Fountain of Youth 2014 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Best Short Film Jesse and the Fountain of Youth Action On Film International Film Festival Best Short Doc Jesse and the Fountain of Youth Austin Indie flix Showcase Best Short Documentary Jesse and the Fountain of Youth Rochester International Film Festival Award of Merit for Short Documentary Jesse and the Fountain of Youth 2015 SENE Film, Art and Music Festival Audience Award-Best Short Documentary Brooklyn United WorldFest Film Festival Platinum Remi for Documentary Brooklyn United Cannes Short Corner Short Corner Marketplace WorldFest Houston Remi Award For Documentaries (Bronze) Jesse and the Fountain of Youth Hollywood International Independent Film Festival Documentaries Not Black Enough International Black Film Festival Official Selection Not Black Enough Austin Revolution Film Festival Documentary Feature Not Black Enough Best Documentary Not Black Enough Buffalo Niagara Film Festival Best Documentary Not Black Enough