Photo by Alex Cameron
Selected Press & Speaking Engagements
Lauren regularly speaks about performance, form, and directing socially engaged work.
Press & Interviews
Shooting a One-Shot Commercial — Video interview, Secret Sauce
Directing a “Slice of Life on Wheels” in Just One Shot — LBB
Accelerating Action with Tailing — Video interview, Our Streets Now
The Indescribable Feeling — Our Streets Now
The Tailing BTS Diaries — Video series, Instagram
Panel Talks
This Is England Festival
The Female Lens
Secret Sauce
Video Affects
ABOUT
I'm a writer-director drawn to the messy, grey areas of life, telling stories through a lens that's both sensitive and quietly subversive. My work is supported by the BFI, and I've been selected for the BAFTA Connect cohort. Recently, I was chosen as a mentee in the prestigious Women in Film & TV Four Nations Mentorship programme.
Trained by the incredible theatre director Di Trevis (the first female director at the RSC) at Central Saint Martins in a rigorous, performance-led environment, I learnt to direct theatre, film, opera and radio. The method I learned there still underpins my approach: building from the inside out, creating a space for actors to deliver something truthful, specific and unguarded.
My short films have been showcased internationally at BAFTA-qualifying festivals. My short film Tailing is now being shown in schools to spark conversations about public sexual harassment.
Over the past decade, I've directed campaigns for global brands including Google, Samsung, and the NHS, honing a sharp visual language and a strong command of craft; I know how to build a world and make an audience feel something in under 30 seconds.
In the commercial world, my work has received multiple five-star reviews, and I was nominated for the British Arrow for Best Director and shortlisted for SHOTS Ad of the Year.
In television, I have experience across both scripted and factual formats. I shadowed Emmy-winning director Adam Randall on Slow Horses (Apple TV+ / See-Saw Films) and directed the six-part documentary series The Food Odyssey (UKTV / Time Inc.).
Despite being dyslexic, writing has always been an integral part of my directing career. I have collaborated in writers' rooms and am currently developing my first feature film.
Like any self-respecting Midlander, you'll usually find me having a brew.