BIOGRAPHY:
LAUREN EBNER is a kind of funny WRITER / DIRECTOR
with an unintentional background in film production. She was a
screenwriting major in the Dramatic Writing Program at NYU
Tisch and began working on film sets in 2014. She currently
works as a script consultant, developing and co-writing
screenplays for a variety of writers, and is the lead producer on an indie titled
ALMOST GRACE, set for production in Jully 2024.
During the last ten years, Lauren was freelance until, in 2019, she
signed on as Head of Production at ANDRE BATO CORP, an
NYC-based commercial production company. Lauren developed
their narrative branch & co-wrote and co-produced a five-screen
cinema installation titled GOOD MORNING (2021). Lauren also
wrote and directed her short film (MANIC)QUIN, which had its
premiere at Hollyshorts Film Festival in August 2022, beginning
the experimental festival journey that followed in 2023.
Last year, Lauren’s favorite collaboration was when she creative
produced a short film titled SOFT ANIMALS written and
directed by NICK GRAU, which is to say she bounces between
writing and producing depending on the project. Lastly, she was
an associate producer for writer / director MARY BRONSTEIN
through all phases of production on Mary’s feature film IF I HAD
LEGS I’D KICK YOU, an Elara Pictures and Fat City
production for A24.
Alongside ALMOST GRACE this summer, the NYTF will host the theatrical debut of SAD,
FIRST.
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch Alum