film producer founder of Red Rover Films
Traina was born on October 22, 1969 in San Francisco, the son of shipping executive and art collector John Traina and Dede Wilsey, a San Francisco socialite, chair of the board of trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and member of many other boards of non-profit organizations.
Connecticut College.
Traina was named to the board of the San Francisco Film Society in 2009. He turned independent producer two years later. His very first complete film was Stanley"s Gig, which he sold to the Starz Network and was finally released in 2000.
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.".
In 2007 Traina was named by Daily Variety as one of its "10 Producers to Watch." My Suicide, a quirky low-budget dark comedy released in 2009 which Traina produced, won a Crystal Bear at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival, among other prizes. On his mother"s side of the family, he is descended from Herbert Henry Dow, the founder of Dow Chemical.
