Trace Pope is a writer/director/editor originally from East Texas.
He received an MFA in Film/TV Production from USC,
an MA in Classical Theater from LAMDA, and an BA in English from the University of Texas.
During his time at USC, Trace wrote & directed his thesis film, A FUGUE, which premiered at the
Academy Award-qualifying LA Shorts Film Festival and is now being developed into a feature film.
He was also awarded the Sloan Foundation Production Grant for his short film, SILENCE = DEATH,
which has screened internationally at festivals such as Leeds, NewFest, NÒT Film, ImageOut Rochester,
Reeling Chicago, aGLIFF/Prism, among others, and will premiere on PBS SoCal in Fall 2026.
As a writer, his work has been named a Second Rounder in the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition,
a Semi-Finalist in both the Cinequest Screenwrting Competition and the Shore Scripts TV Writer Mentorship Program,
and a winner of the USC Faculty Award for Best Screenwriting.
He is based in Los Angeles, CA, where he is an adjunct lecturer at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and LACHSA.
Contact: trace.pope@gmail.com
He received an MFA in Film/TV Production from USC,
an MA in Classical Theater from LAMDA, and an BA in English from the University of Texas.
During his time at USC, Trace wrote & directed his thesis film, A FUGUE, which premiered at the
Academy Award-qualifying LA Shorts Film Festival and is now being developed into a feature film.
He was also awarded the Sloan Foundation Production Grant for his short film, SILENCE = DEATH,
which has screened internationally at festivals such as Leeds, NewFest, NÒT Film, ImageOut Rochester,
Reeling Chicago, aGLIFF/Prism, among others, and will premiere on PBS SoCal in Fall 2026.
As a writer, his work has been named a Second Rounder in the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition,
a Semi-Finalist in both the Cinequest Screenwrting Competition and the Shore Scripts TV Writer Mentorship Program,
and a winner of the USC Faculty Award for Best Screenwriting.
He is based in Los Angeles, CA, where he is an adjunct lecturer at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and LACHSA.
Contact: trace.pope@gmail.com