About
Lauren Greenhall is a multifaceted director specializing in comedy and stories about unconventional people.
She has directed TV and video for Nat Geo, The New Yorker, The New York Post, CBS Interactive,the Huffington Post, Amazon Originals, and Inside Edition as well as branded content for Marvel, Footlocker, Dove, Sentry.IO, and the New York Public Library.
Her first narrative feature, a romantic drama gone haywire called Perfectly Good Moment starring Broadway’s Stephen Carlile and Amanda Jane Stern is currently in post production and set to be completed in October 2022.
Greenhall was a 2021 resident at the Jewish Film Institute for her documentary ZELDA, a film sponsored by the New York Foundation of the Arts about a beloved and controversial wig seller In Hasidic Jewish Brooklyn.
Greenhall directed VeryWell's first docuseries called "Stay Calm Mom" examining pregnancy from a pregnant woman's POV, served as segment director/producer on CBS Interactive's comedy news show "The Breakdown with Luke Mones", and directed Milk Riders, a short documentary that received international attention and was featured on the New York Times, Slate, Refinery 29, Huffington Post, and Bust among others. The widespread reach of her digital series Muslims in America landed her the opportunity to speak at NYU about the relationship between religion and the media.
In May 2020 Greenhall directed and created the Miss Quarantine Pageant, a scripted comedy parody of beauty pageants. With a cast of 20, two original songs and a coordinated dance number, this 35-minute extravaganza was featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NY1, and The Stranger, among others.
Noteworthy projects also include directing "Reality Bites" a reoccurring segment on Nat Geo's stoner-comedy special Wild After Dark, producing and co-staring in “Put That In Your Skits” a finalist in New York TV Festival's truTV Comedy initiative, as well as serving as a producer for Loyiso Gola Live in New York Vimeo’s first international standup special where Greenhall was flown to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to develop the show alongside the South African comedian.
Outside of film, she co-created "Pop Inflation: Fragments and Fears", an installation that premiered at the Rubin Museum as part of the FluxBuddha exhibit in Spring 2018. In a former life she produced a series of live music festivals, a comedy talk show on East Village Radio and served as producer at Comedy Central's event New York Comedy Festival, working for the fest during the day and waitressing at Carolines Comedy Club at night. She loves Indian food.
