About

Lauren is an LA-based screenwriter and director, writing both indie and studio features. Her work is largely comedic and female-driven, and always with a political/social justice bent. She strives to educate through entertainment, focusing on addressing stigmas around things like sex education, sex work and mental health, or inequality in the workplace and home. The possibilities are (unfortunately) endless.

Lauren’s first produced feature, HOOKING UP, which she co-wrote and executive produced, was released nationwide by Saban and Universal Pictures on March 20, 2020--yes, that's the literal day movie theaters closed for the pandemic. She has directed a number of short films, co-created the viral digital series, F*CK YES (20 million views and counting), and co-founded/hosted the insider screenwriting podcast, Chicks Who Script, which focused largely on amplifying female and BIPOC voices in screenwriting. Lauren was previously an actor in New York, having graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse; there she worked with directors like Paul Schrader (The Canyons) and David Mamet (Phil Spector), and performed on stages all over NY, including an off-broadway production of HAIR.

Accolades: Nicholl Fellowship semi-finalist, Austin Film Festival semi-finalist, two-time Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab finalist, Sundance New Voices finalist, Bitch List—best female-driven screenplays, Big Vision Empty Wallet screenwriting fellow.

Lauren is a graduate of McGill University and of the Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC.