Lacey Leavitt Gray
President
Lacey is a producer and writer whose credits include Lynn Shelton's Outside In, Touchy Feely, and Laggies, Megan Griffiths' Year of the Fox, I’ll Show You Mine, Sadie, The Off Hours, and Lucky Them, Todd Rohal's The Catechism Cataclysm, The Hunky Boys Go Ding-Dong, and M.O.P.Z., Colin Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed, and adult swim's Three Busy Debras. Her films have played at festivals throughout the world, including Sundance, SXSW, Toronto, Busan, San Sebastian, and Seattle. She’s also created cinematic XR, including an immersive Claude Monet piece that premiered at the 2019 TED conference. Lacey is a Sundance Creative Producing Lab and University of Washington alum, and recipient of the Seattle Mayor's Award for Achievement in Film. She lives in Seattle with her dogs, daughter, and husband, whom she took to Scarecrow on their second date.
Favorite Scarecrow sections: Psychotronic
Why I serve on the Scarecrow Board: I discovered Scarecrow while I was a film studies major at UW and the space, staff, and collection were--and still are--integral to my film education. Every time I walk into Scarecrow, I get a sense of awe at the collective film history I get to be a part of, both as a filmmaker and as an audience member. I don't want to live in a Seattle--or a world--without Scarecrow, thus I had to roll up my sleeves and give back to a place that has given me so much over the years!
Currently recommending: One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977, Agnes Varda); The Found Footage Festival Volumes 3 & 4 (2008, 2009); Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock); Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry)
