Todd Traina is an American film producer and the founder of Red Rover Films in 2007.
18 Facts About Todd Traina
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In 2007, Traina was named by Daily Variety as one of its "10 Producers to Watch".
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Todd Traina is currently serving as the Board President of SFFiLM, a nonprofit that runs the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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Todd Traina was named to the board of the San Francisco Film Society in 2009.
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Todd Traina was born in 1969 in San Francisco, California, to shipping executive and art collector John Traina and Dede Wilsey, a San Francisco philanthropist and businesswoman who serves as Chairman of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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Todd Traina wanted to attend an East Coast school, and with its liberal arts curriculum and family connection, he attended Connecticut College and graduated with a degree in Government.
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Todd Traina is the younger brother of Trevor Traina, and his former stepmother is novelist Danielle Steel.
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Fresh from college, Todd Traina began his career in the film industry in 1991 as a production assistant on television movie-of-the-week adaptations of his stepmother's novels.
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Todd Traina has compared being a producer to being a wedding planner and "the father of the bride in a wedding that lasts a whole year".
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Over his more than 30-year career, Todd Traina has produced over 25 feature films, many of which have played at prominent international film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, SXSW, and others.
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Todd Traina served as Executive Producer on "Edge of Everything", which debuted at the Munich Film Festival, and on "Sasquatch Sunset", starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024.
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Todd Traina was Executive Producer on "War Pony", directed by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell, which won the New Directors Award at Cannes and premiered in the US in 2023.
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Todd Traina co-wrote and produced the feature comedy "I Hate Kids" and served as Producer on Sian Heder's directorial debut "Tallulah", which premiered at Sundance and was later acquired by Netflix.
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Apart from his career in the film industry, Todd Traina is a musician, having played drums in various bands.
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Todd Traina has served on the board of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and on the Vision of Hope board, which supports providing private education to underprivileged youth.
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Todd Traina has served as producer, co-producer, or executive producer on the following films:.
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Todd Traina's work has been recognized at various film festivals and award events.
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My Suicide, a low-budget dark comedy released in 2009 which Todd Traina produced, won a Crystal Bear at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, among other prizes.