lauren thompson

Connector, Filmmaker, Idea generator, Journalist, Producer, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Multiple Emmy award-winning showrunner / producer Lauren Thompson is a seasoned television veteran, who has been producing, directing, and leading high-profile docs and nonfiction series to success for 20 years. She has produced and delivered hundreds of hours of factual content for major networks, cable, digital platforms, and premium brands - domestically and internationally. Broadcast clients include CNN, PBS, ABC, BBC, BIO, SMITHSONIAN, HISTORY, and FOOD. She was senior producer on the CNN Doc: "The End - Inside the Last Days of the Obama White House," following key WH staff members during Obama's final days in office. She executive produced the Telly award-winning digital doc series: "This Is Happening." And she was the showrunner on the PBS travel/doc series: "No Passport Required," with Marcus Samuelsson. Most recently she won an Emmy for the CNN doc series, "United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell," which she co-executive produced and directed. She lives in Redhook, Brooklyn and is currently developing a multi-part doc series following extraordinary female refugees turned successful chefs/ entrepreneurs. Her work is devoted to diving deep into the complex world of our shared humanity, and empowering women through storytelling.

The complexity of human behavior; human connection

How you pack + unpack (things, ideas, your life) shines a light on who you are

crossing borders/ pushing boundaries