Lauren Dark

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Lauren Dark at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2015

Lauren Emily Dark (born January 1984) [1] is a British film producer. She produced Beast the debut film of director Michael Pearce and was nominated for two BAFTA awards. She won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a Writer, Director or Producer in 2019. [2]

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In 2021, she left Film4 [3] and co-founded the London based production company Aluna Entertainment with Vanessa Kirby; [4] which has a first look deal with Netflix. Dark worked at Ken Loach and Rebecca O'Brien's production company Sixteen Films for five years [5] while there she produced the political thriller War Book .

Filmography

Film

YearFilmCreditRef
2014 War Book
2017Beast
2020 The Father
2021Laika (VR Short)Executive Producer
2021 Passing Executive Producer
2021CensorExecutive Producer
2022 A Gaza Weekend
2022The SonExecutive Producer
2022 Nezouh Executive Producer
2022 Enys Men Executive Producer
2022ThunderExecutive Producer
2024 Night Always Comes

Television

YearTitleCreditsRef
2020A Response To Your MessageExecutive ProducerTelevision Special
2021ForesightExecutive Producer

References

  1. Profile, company-information.service.gov.uk. Accessed 1 May 2025.
  2. "2019 Film Outstanding British Film | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  3. Tabbara2021-08-31T15:00:00+01:00, Mona. "Lauren Dark leaves Film4 to partner with Vanessa Kirby's production company at Netflix". Screen. Retrieved 30 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Wiseman, Andreas (31 August 2021). "Netflix Inks Multi-Year First Look Deal With Vanessa Kirby's New Production Company Aluna Entertainment".
  5. "Lauren Dark | Producer". www.bafta.org. 6 November 2015.

Lauren Dark at IMDB