Lauren Neal is a SAG-AFTRA actor, director, and writer from Aurora, Colorado, and a recent graduate of Brown University's Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies.

​She is currently a Masters of Science degree candidate in the University of Virginia's online Data Science program, eager to innovate methods by which to marry filmmaking with statistical modeling and machine learning.

RECOGNITION

+ Winner: Hyundai Emerging Director Award, Outfest Fusion, 2020

+ Official Selection: Healing Me, Outfest LA, 2020

+ Official Selection: Healing Me, Milwaukee Film Festival, 2020

+ Nominee: Best Actress, The Lovely Rejects, IFF London, 2017

+ Official Selection: Bad Habits, BVEW Distribution Lab, 2016

+ Winner: Best Guest Actor (Comedy), Those With Class​, HollyWeb Festival, 2013

+ Winner: Weston Award for Excellence in Acting, Brown University, 2011
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+ Nominee: Zonta Award, Zonta Club of NYC, 2011

PRESS

for Chosen Family (director):
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Hyundai Press Release (Hyundai News)


for Spicy Wit (director/writer/EP/actor):

Black Web Series: Going Boldly Where TV Won't (Ebony)
​A Battle of Wits (Huffington Post)
Watch Ep 1 of College Set Webseries Spicy Wit (Indiewire / Shadow and Act)
A Battle of Wits (post- magazine online)