A native New Yorker, Lauren Mucciolo is an independent producer who works internationally in public television and independent film. She recently served as Producer for “Poor Kids USA,” directed by Jezza Neumann for London’s True Vision Productions. The hour-long film premiered on PBS/WGBH’s Frontline series in November 2012 to huge viewer response — breaking records on Facebook and raising funds for the profiled families. It premiered in the UK on BBC 2′s This World in March 2013. Lauren continues her work with Frontline on a new project with British company Mongoose Pictures. Directed by Dan Edge, the feature-length documentary tentatively titled “Breaking the Cycle” is scheduled for an early 2014 premiere.
In independent film, her credits include producer/co-writer for the award-winning “New Children/New York” (2010); co-producer for the Spanish-language feature “El Regreso de Lencho” (2011); and assoc. producer for the short “Amorfo: te busqué” (2006), all of which have played in worldwide film festivals and limited theatrical exhibition. Currently in post-production are her directorial debut “The Beaches” (director/writer/producer) and “Children of Zina” (assoc. producer), directed by Sarah Foudy.
Lauren has also been a producer and development director at CUNY TV in New York, and a film studies instructor and curriculum writer for the CUNY College Now program. In addition, she is the co-founder of a youth filmmaking workshop in Brooklyn in partnership with Make the Road New York, the leading community organizing agency in the city. Lauren is the recipient of grants from PSC-CUNY, the Brooklyn Arts Council and various New York City foundations, and she has been an invited speaking artist at schools, colleges and museums.
Lauren holds an MA from The CUNY Graduate Center, where she focused on documentary film studies, and a BA in English and Communications from the University of Pennsylvania. She speaks English, Spanish and French.
Photo credit Jiri Makovec
