Creating the world we want to live in through impactful storytelling
Lauren Lindberg is an award-winning director and producer renowned for her compelling documentary films about the complexity of human life and the beauty of resilience, blending nonfiction work with twists of imagination. Her notable works include:
Independence in Sight: Chronicles blind students' journey toward independence.
Echoes Of Exxon: Compares the BP Gulf Oil Spill with Alaska’s Exxon Valdez Oil Spill of 1989.
Journey to Life: Follows three women into the wilderness, to meet their new selves post cancer.
Under the Mango Tree: Explores the experiences of mothers raising children conceived in war and their simple approaches to forgiveness.
We Are the Land: Follows one woman’s quest to stop fracking on ancestral lands.
She began her filmmaking career as a teen in a multi-year program run by Bay Area Video Coalition, before earning her BFA in documentary film at Chapman University in 2015. Her films have been showcased in more than 60 domestic and international film festivals and have earned numerous accolades including Best Documentary and Audience Choice Awards, and have been exhibited by PBS Independent Lens, the Paley permanent collection and the deYoung Museum in San Francisco.
In addition to her documentary work, she is a creative producer in commercial advertising for top brands like Google and Mercedes.