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Hey, I'm Lauren!
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I am a writer and director in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Watch my feature film Cohabitation on Amazon here!
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My Projects
Projects I'm Supporting
FCK (Friends Can't Kiss)
New York City, New York• Series
LGBTQ
Two gay best friends may have ruined their evening (and their housing) plans after they accidentally sleep together.
This project got the green light!
The Imperfect Picture
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
In a world obsessed with perfection, an eclectic woman realizes that life is better imperfect.
This project got the green light!
Red Snow
South Lake Tahoe, California• Film Feature
Horror, Comedy
A struggling horror novelist unwittingly invites a real-life vampire into her cabin at Christmastime.
This project got the green light!
Enid's Wall
Harwich, Massachusetts• Film Feature
Drama, LGBTQ
Enid’s Wall is a ghost story. A coming-of-older-age drama. A love letter to the sea. But, above all, it’s a story about belonging.
This project got the green light!
Dearest
Madison, Wisconsin• Film Short
Horror, Thriller
As a young woman’s pregnancy nears its end and her husband grows distant, a series of unsettling events begin to unfold around her.
This project got the green light!
YAI NIN
Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Documentary, Foreign Film
The owner of a sausage factory in Thailand, Ninlawan keeps in contact with her family in America while holding down the family business.
This project got the green light!
Crowned: Season 2
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy
Macie and the rest of the Party Princesses survive batty bosses, pushy parents and crazy co-workers in this semi-scripted comedy series.
This project got the green light!
Black Lady Goddess
Newark, New Jersey• Series
Drama, Fantasy
Set 50 years in the future where the world has found out that God is a black woman and reparations have been given to all aborginators...
This project got the green light!
Oniphron
Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Drama, Fantasy
A tale about a homeless immortal woman taken in by a Portlander.
This project got the green light!
White Crow
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Mystery, Thriller
A sickly young woman's life unravels when she receives a heart transplant and begins to take on her donor's personality traits.
This project got the green light!
RUNAROUND SUE
Natchitoches, Louisiana• Film Feature
Drama, Music
RUNAROUND SUE is a small-town Southern bartender known for breaking hearts... until THE WANDERER comes to town.
This project got the green light!
Endless Light
Fairbanks, Alaska• Film Feature
Drama, Sci-Fi
Returning home, a bipolar woman attempts to decipher her brother's suicide through occult intervention with Alaska's wilderness.
This project got the green light!
Passion & Progress
Lakeland, Florida• Series
Documentary
When people of color set out an ambitious goal to reach their highest potential, only to be faced with societal barriers.
This project got the green light!
The Vth Column
Los Angeles, California• Series
Horror, Sci-Fi
Horror/Scifi series. Episode 1. A couple flees from a stranger, who refused to let them out of his car, after hitching a ride.
This project got the green light!
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STiGMA
Atlanta, Georgia• Series
Drama
As Senator Ingram stares down an easy reelection, things become unstable when he is diagnosed with a mental illness.
This project got the green light!
Blossom
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary
Transgender entertainer/activist Blossom C. Brown finds answers to her troubled past while aspiring a career in the entertainment industry.
This project got the green light!
Sex Is a God Thing
Chicago, Illinois• Series
Drama, LGBTQ
After their father's death, two queer women of color connect as long lost sisters, and together struggle with their identity & spirituality.
This project got the green light!
Black Girl Training
Milwaukee, Wisconsin• Series
Comedy, Shorts Program
When a black transracial adoptee is meeting her biological family, there's only one way to prepare her; a black girl training.
This project got the green light!
Harper
Farmington Hills, Michigan• Film Short
Drama, Sci-Fi
A stranded time traveller struggles to find the courage to move forward in her journey without causing collateral damage.
This project got the green light!
First Position.
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, LGBTQ
When a young dancer becomes infected with the AIDS virus, he must find a way to prove his talent to himself and the only man he loves.
This project got the green light!
Spot: A True Period Piece
New York City, New York• Film Short
Comedy, Shorts Program
Spot is a short film about a group of women who are fed up with being shamed for their periods and fight back for change in their law firm!
This project got the green light!
Hooked
Seattle, Washington• Film Feature
Drama, Romantic Comedy
Shawn finds his perfect soulmate but his autism keeps him from realizing she's actually a prostitute.
This project got the green light!
Sinked Up
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, LGBTQ
Two women started as roommates. Then they fell in love. A story told from behind the bathroom door.
This project got the green light!
Shedding - a feature film
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Fantasy
A cat who longs to explore the outside world transforms into a human and helps heal a broken family.
This project got the green light!
Desolation Center
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Documentary, Music
The untold story of influential Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings that still reverberate throughout our culture.
This project got the green light!
Interiors
Middletown, Connecticut• Film Short
Drama, Thriller
In 1954, two mixed-race sisters must navigate their chances for survival in a rigid black-and-white world.
This project got the green light!
PRESENT TIME: journal of a country monastery
Berkeley, California• Film Feature
Documentary, History
PRESENT TIME will be the first and last film about life inside the Abbey.
This project got the green light!
FOR GINA
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama
When 3 year old Sofia is diagnosed with cancer, the people who's lives she's touched must come to terms with love and loss.
This project got the green light!
The Apple Tree
Portland, Oregon• Film Feature
Drama, LGBTQ
A closeted high school football player is forced to volunteer at a retirement community after getting in trouble with the law, where he form
This project got the green light!
The Talk
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
When is it too soon to tell a child the truth?
This project got the green light!
King Ester
New York City, New York• Series
Drama, LGBTQ
Before the reign, came the rain.
This project got the green light!
Echoes in Silence
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Experimental
Six women who are a manifestation of 1 woman embark on a journey of truth & self-discovery whilst formulating a sisterhood along the way.
This project got the green light!
You Are Going To Explode
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
A depressed man searches for meaning to stave off his own spontaneous combustion.
This project got the green light!
Up on the Mountain
Port Townsend, Washington• Film Feature
Documentary
A documentary about Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants, and rural Americans on a year-round migration to harvest wild mushrooms.
This project got the green light!
ABRUPTIO
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller
A loner must uncover a sinister race of beings before the explosive they've implanted in his neck detonates.
This project got the green light!
The BLDG: Five Stories of Horror
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Horror, Other
Five chilling stories set in the same creepy NYC building, where dark forces bring about the manifestation of its residents' worst fears.
This project got the green light!
Swipe Left to Live
Long Beach, Mississippi• Film Feature
Horror
A mysterious entity pits several girls against each other on Halloween night by forcing them to play a murderous game through their phones.
This project got the green light!
Seed of Doubt
Rochester, Minnesota• Film Feature
Thriller
Melissa and Scott’s dream home turns into a nightmare when they take on new tenants to make ends meet.
This project got the green light!
What Daphne Saw
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the future, criminals are reprogrammed into silent, unquestioning servants.
This project got the green light!
Locked Alone
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Thriller, Drama
Catherine, unwillingly locked in her new apartment, discovers hidden crimes behind an evil entity. Will she have any chances to survive?
This project got the green light!
Alone
Whitefish, Montana• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller
A woman with crippling social anxiety is cursed; she cannot be alone for more than 2 minutes and 17 seconds or "They" will come for her.
This project got the green light!
The NEW FREEDOM
Denver, Colorado• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller
It's not just about survival. It's about a community.
This project got the green light!
Displaced
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Horror
A young black man in Brooklyn must prove his new white neighbors are emissaries from the Satanic cult they both survived as children.
This project got the green light!
One Bird at a Time
Portland, Oregon• Series
Comedy, Drama
When do-gooder and lovable neurotic Julie strives to save the neediest and the craziest in the world, she has to start in her own backyard.
This project got the green light!
VOWS
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Drama
Two actresses from conservative immigrant backgrounds agree to a green card marriage hoping to pursue their very American passions.
This project got the green light!
Or So the Story Goes: Knock Knock
Weehawken, New Jersey• Series
Horror, Thriller
Or So the Story Goes brings alive a new terrifying tale- a home invasion horror story based on 'Jack and the Beanstalk.'.
This project got the green light!
Agent of Change
Los Angeles, California• Series
Comedy, LGBTQ
A secret agent is on a mission to save the future of food, and as a transgender man, save humanity... one gender stereotype at a time.
This project got the green light!
New Recruits
Fremont, California• Film Short
Comedy, LGBTQ
New Recruits is a military satire about why young men and women choose to serve in the Army and the headstrong leadership that prepares th
This project got the green light!
Cohabitation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin• Film Feature
Drama, Thriller
While a former paramedic lives a low-key life to cope with PTSD, her new roommate has other plans, and a vendetta against medical personnel.
This project got the green light!
In the Blue Hour
New York City, New York• Company
Drama, Experimental
What are we supposed to make of a life? A perfect hostess invites her friends to attend one last party - and you are invited!
This project got the green light!
Wasteland
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
A comedian rescues her estranged sister from being alone in LA and they fall apart together.
This project got the green light!
Passive Aggressive Dads
Blue Hill, Maine• Film Short
Comedy
Two dads try to spend a nice day at the park with their daughters and end up avenging their life's failures upon a group of obnoxious teens.
This project got the green light!
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Planet Earth Symphony Film
Saugerties, Ulster County• Film Feature
Experimental, Global Celebration
Sure, the planet is in peril but don't buy into doomsday. Humans become extraordinary problem solvers when properly motivated.
This project got the green light!
Birth of Pleasure
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Experimental
Narrative dance-film which explores sensuality and modern issues around the female body, through a retelling of the Psyche and Cupid myth.
This project got the green light!
People Like You
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Thriller
The heir to a fortune returns to his family estate to find a corpse, a beautiful woman, and the keys to an empire that hangs in the balance.
This project got the green light!
ROTTEN
Seattle, Washington• Film Short
Drama, Comedy
Forced to move from his home, an elderly widower must come to terms with his own identity, with the help of his vivacious best friend.
This project got the green light!
Shield
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama, Family
Zoe overcomes her unusual attachment to a blanket with her foster mom's creative use of comic books.
This project got the green light!
Karaoke People - A Documentary (Formerly: Tip The KJ - A Karaoke Movie)
Portland, Oregon• Film Short
Documentary
Some people sing karaoke. Others are karaoke people. This is a story about why it matters.
This project got the green light!
Hello World: The Film
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Feature
Documentary, Other
Software is everywhere. But who makes it? This film will uncover this hidden army of coders who make our lives work.
This project got the green light!
Bye, Alicia
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Romantic Comedy, Comedy
Two quirky loners begin a romance off a dating app before it quickly descends into chaos thanks to a crazy ex-girlfriend named Alicia.
This project got the green light!
Woke
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Drama
A racially mixed , outspoken actress in New York City constantly being told ‘no’ and offering herself a 'yes'
This project got the green light!
Smoked
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy
A Postmates courrier's world is turned upside when she has to deliver bagels and lox to her old high school.
This project got the green light!
YAZIDI GENOCIDE FILM
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, War
When ISIS turns a mountain into a massacre, who can you save?
This project got the green light!
39 1/2
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Animation, Comedy
A comedy about a single female indie filmmaker who is pushing 40 and determined to have a baby before time runs out. Starring Beth Lisick.
This project got the green light!
Dom na Marse
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Sci-Fi
A bipolar woman must choose: follow her wife to an unfamiliar planet led by a cold-blooded regime, or endure alone on a deteriorating Earth.
This project got the green light!
Park Slope Moms
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy
A high-powered attorney turned 'stay-at-home' mom regains power as PTA President, but ruling with an iron fist sparks a coup.
This project got the green light!
RAG DOLL
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama
A young woman, exhausted by her daily fight to survive, embraces violence when she enters a MMA tournament.
This project got the green light!
By Crook
Milwaukee, Wisconsin• Film Feature
Adventure, Comedy
A trust fund kid posts bail and skips town with her accomplice as they flee the country, robbing their way towards Mexico.
This project got the green light!
Window Shopping - Try Love on for Size
Jersey City, New Jersey• Film Short
Romantic Comedy, LGBTQ
Window Shopping is about how we all crave to be seen, to be in intimate relationships, and how easily we can imagine them, even with strange
This project got the green light!
Palace
Bloomington, Indiana• Film Feature
Drama
The family-fractured lives of a stubborn mechanic, a retired widower, and a repressed college student intertwine at a bar in rural Indiana.
This project got the green light!
Pay to Stay
New York City, New York• Film Short
Horror, LGBTQ
A couple take a mini-vacation to repair their relationship, unaware the AirBNB they rented may lead to their untimely end.
This project got the green light!
