Todd Traina

Todd Traina, producer and founder of Red Rover Films, was named a “Top Ten Producer to Watch” by Daily Variety in 2007.  Last year Traina produced MY SUICIDE which won a Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and made its US Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin.  Produced in partnership with Interscope and the Youth Media Non-Profit Regenerate, MY SUICIDE stars Gabriel Sunday, Brooke Nevin, David Carradine, Nora Dunn, Mariel Hemingway, Tony Hale, Joe Mantegna and Harry Shearer.  Traina served as Executive Producer on the 2007 Sundance Audience Award-Winning drama GRACE IS GONE starring John Cusack. Traina served as Executive Producer on the martial-arts thriller BLOOD & BONE starring Michael Jai White and Julian Sands as well the thriller NIGHT TRAIN starring Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, & Leelee Sobieski.  Traina also served as Executive Producer on STAG NIGHT starring Kip Pardue, Breckin Meyer and Vinessa Shaw.  Traina was an Executive Producer on BLACKWATER TRANSIT starring Laurence Fishburne, Karl Urban and Stephen Dorff. Based on the novel by Carsten Stroud, BLACKWATER TRANSIT was directed by Tony Kaye.  Traina was also Executive Producer on Rifkin-Eberts’ feature TIMBER FALLS a horror/thriller directed by Tony Giglio.  In 2006 Traina produced Rhino Films’ feature film WHAT WE DO IS SECRET starring Shane West, Bijou Phillips and Tina Majorino. The film premiered at the Los Angeles International Film Festival and was distributed theatrically in 2008.  Also in 2006, Traina produced the highly acclaimed PUNK’S NOT DEAD an in-depth feature-length documentary based on the Punk Rock movement.  The documentary features music and extensive interviews with over 100 bands.

Prior to forming Red Rover Films, Traina was president of Lampedusa Films, where he developed and produced STANLEY’S GIG, a feature film starring William Sanderson, Marla Gibbs, and Faye Dunaway.  STANLEY’S GIG won several film festivals and enjoyed strong success on the Starz Network.  Traina also co-produced the feature film SKELETON WOMAN starring Daphne Rubin-Vega and Serena Scott-Thomas. Traina served as Executive Producer on director Paul Feig’s debut feature LIFE SOLD SEPARATELY.

Traina began his career with producer Douglas Cramer at NBC Productions working on the Danielle Steel Movies of the WEEK SECRETS, HEARTBEAT and PALOMINO.  Later Traina was a partner at BigRock Pictures where he developed the comedy spec WOODSTUCK, written by Frank Dietz, which was sold to John Davis at 20th Century Fox.  Traina was born and raised in San Francisco and is a graduate of Connecticut College.