Lauren Dark

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Lauren Dark 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. [1] In 2021 she left Film4 [2] and co-founded the London based production company Aluna Entertainment with Vanessa Kirby [3] 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 [4] and while there produced political thriller War Book.

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Filmography

Film

YearFilmCreditRef
2014 War Book
2017Beast
2020 The Father (2020 film)
2021Laika (VR Short)Executive Producer
2021 Passing (film) 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

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References

  1. "2019 Film Outstanding British Film | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  2. Tabbara2021-08-31T15:00:00+01:00, Mona. "Lauren Dark leaves Film4 to partner with Vanessa Kirby's production company at Netflix". Screen. Retrieved 2024-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Wiseman, Andreas (August 31, 2021). "Netflix Inks Multi-Year First Look Deal With Vanessa Kirby's New Production Company Aluna Entertainment".
  4. "Lauren Dark | Producer". www.bafta.org. November 6, 2015.


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