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Lauren Harris

Video Director + Producer, Freelance
New York, New York United States
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Video Director + Producer | Amazon Prime, Paramount+, VICE | Columbia Journalism School

About

Lauren Harris is a video director and producer based in New York City. With over a decade of experience, her work is hallmarked by transportive and thoughtful character-driven storytelling. Lauren has served as producer on docuseries including Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam (Amazon Prime Video, 2025), and #CyberSleuths: The Idaho Murders (Paramount+, 2023), with both reaching their platform’s “Top Ten” list upon release. Before that, she cut her teeth at VICE, where she helped launch VICELAND, their cable TV channel. Lauren’s directorial debut, Pudding Boss, is in production. She holds a BA in Political Studies and International Affairs from Bard College and a MS in Journalism from Columbia Journalism School, where she specialized in Documentary. While at Columbia, she created Spread, an award-winning initiative connecting newsrooms with social video creators to reach new audiences with more rigorous journalism.

Featured Work

Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam

A three-part, Amazon Prime docuseries about Hollywood's biggest Ponzi scheme. In Prime's Top 10 for several weeks.

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#CyberSleuths: The Idaho Murders

A three-part Paramount+ docuseries following a group of Tiktok true crime sleuths as they try to unravel the murders of four University of Idaho students. The series explores the phenomenon of social media sleuths, their motives, and impacts on the investigation. Ranked #4 in the nation the week it premiered.

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