Screen NSW is pleased to announce Lauren Edwards has been appointed as Screen NSW’s Senior Manager Content Investment.
Senior Manager Content Investment leads Screen NSW’s investment team, managing Screen NSW funding programs across development, production finance and travel support, as well as special initiatives. Lauren will also oversee initiatives to implement commitments set out in the three-year NSW Screen & Digital Games Strategy, supporting sustainable growth for creative practitioners and businesses in the state. Lauren will report to Kyas Hepworth, Head of Screen NSW.
Lauren Edwards is a multi-award-winning film and television producer with over 18 years of experience in the industry. Since April 2021, Lauren has been Screen Investment Manager at Screen NSW. During this time, Lauren has been responsible for creating and implementing multiple initiatives which focus on mentoring and nurturing the next generation of screen creatives including the monthly Screen NSW Power Lunch and the Short to Feature Fast Track Initiative.
In 2019 Lauren produced the critically acclaimed series Diary of an Uber Driver for RevLover Films and ABCTV. Previously, Lauren produced the second series of the Screentime and Channel 7 ratings smash, The Secret Daughter, starring Jessica Mauboy. She was a Producer on Goalpost Pictures' critically acclaimed 6 x 1 hour television series Cleverman for ABCTV and SundanceTV. She was Associate Producer on the hit Australian feature film The Sapphires, which won 11 AACTA Awards, Co-Producer on feature film Felony, written by and starring Joel Edgerton and Producer on the Eddie Perfect created ABCTV comedy pilot The Future is Expensive.
Lauren has produced many short films that have been highly successful internationally. Highlights include Bear, directed by Nash Edgerton, which was selected for Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2011, Sundance Film Festival 2012 and screened at over 80 international film festivals. The Amber Amulet by Matthew Moore won the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin Film Festival 2013 and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Short Film.
Prior to producing, Lauren worked in various production capacities on award winning short films, television series and major Australian feature films, including the Cannes Film Festival Camera d’Or winning production of Samson & Delilah, written and directed by Warwick Thornton.
In 2024 Lauren was the recipient of the Chief Executive Women (CEW) Hansen Scholarship for the Arts.
