Lauren DeFilippo

Lauren DeFilippo is a documentary director and producer. She produced Ailey, the acclaimed feature documentary about iconic choreographer Alvin Ailey that premiered at Sundance 2021. Lauren made her feature-length directorial debut with Red Heaven (SXSW 2020) about a crew of six people who must work together to survive inside a year-long NASA psychological experiment to study team dynamics for future missions to Mars. Listed on Award Radar's "Top Ten Documentaries of 2020," Criterion Cast called it "a truly one of a kind film." Her short documentaries, most notably Clean Hands (also titled Drive in Jesus), have been recognized at festivals internationally and have appeared on The New York Times Op-Docs series. Lauren is a partner at Insignia Films, an independent production company in New York City with a 30-year track record of making critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary films and series. In 2021, Lauren was included on DOC NYC and HBO's annual list of "40 Under 40" documentary filmmakers to watch.