Filmmaker
BFI Network x FilmHub South East, ‘Future Producers’, 2024.
Raindance Film Producers Certificate, 2025.
Supporting others as part of the team over @ 1stFeatures.com
In Development: Unauthorised Absence (Short Film), Leftovers (Short Film), Night Call (Feature Film)
Fractured Frame
Starring Derek Jack, Sam Thackwell and Natalie Lauren.
Writer, Director, Producer Natalie Lauren. Co-Director Simon London. DOP Helena Gonzalez. Gaffer Ngawang Lektso. Editor Gianluca Truda. Sound Will Henley. Colourist Vanessa Aparicio.
A surreal and psychological micro-short that centres on the mental experience of dissociation, with many more layers about women, performance, identity, and gendered power.
Industry Screenings: Female Film Club x BFI. Collective Film Festival London. Shorties x Royal Society for Arts.
Official Selections: Worcester Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying). MiraBan UK Film Awards (Best UK Short Film Nominee). More TBA.
STI: Sexually Transmitted Introductions
A multi award-winning comedy short film featuring an ensemble of characters trapped together in their worst nightmare: the local STI clinic. Through laughter, this classic British Sit-Com style film packs an important message of Sexual Health Awareness.
Starring Wendy Smith, Natalie Lauren, Harris Vaughan, Charles Ruhrmund, Paul Baichoo, and Nomazulu Ramachela.
Writer, Director Harris Vaughan. Producer Natalie Lauren. DOP Corry Raymond. Original Song, ‘Sexual Care’, by T-Roy McCoy.
Official Selections: Super Shorts Hackney (+Audience Award). Jane Austen International Film Festival (+Best Ensemble Cast Award & Best First-Time Filmmaker Award). Funny Life Film Festival (+Best Comedy Actress Award & Best UK Comedy Nominee). Golden Nugget International Film Festival (+Best Comedy Short Award). West London Film Festival. Breaking TV Film Festival (+Best British Film Nominee & Best Comedy Award). Performance Film & Media Short Film Competition (Shortlist, Best Comedy). Giggle Film Festival (+Best Original Comedy Nominee). This Is England. Manchester Health Film Festival (+Best Short Film Nominee). Big Fridge International Film Festival (Semi-Finalist). Sex Education Film Festival. Oxford Shorts (+ Best Comedy Nominee). Hastings Rocks. Unrestricted View Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying, Best Comedy Nominee). Sunrise Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying, Best Comedy Nominee). Romford Film Festival (Best Short Film Nominee). Kingston International Film Festival. Cannes Indie Shorts Awards. Brighton Rocks Film Festival (BIFA Qualifying). HB Film Festival (Best Comedy Nominee). Greenwich Film Festival (Best Ensemble Nominee) More TBA.
Make A Wish
A surreal, comic micro short animation about reproductive anxiety and the pressure to have it all figured out. It captures the capture the emotional whiplash of indecision around motherhood, and touches on women’s health.
Created by award-winning illustrator (and first-time filmmaker) Justyna Green, with voiceover from James Green. Supervising Producer Natalie Lauren.
Official Selections: Electric Film Festival (Audience Award Winner). Big Fridge International Film Festival (Semi-Finalist). Power24 International Film Festival. Bournemouth International Film Festival. More TBA.
12
An aesthetic and contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, shot guerrilla by a collaboration of students. The feature film is presented in black and white, using a modern twist on the classic archetypes and much-loved storyline.
Starring Rory Alexander, Natalie Lauren, Aimée Kwan, Hugh Tappin, et al.
Writer, Director, Producer Aimée Kwan, Writer Russell Munday. Associate Producer Natalie Lauren. DOP Tianhao Xu.
This project is available on Amazon Prime Video.
Coming soon:
Bubbles
An existential short film and visual poem that spotlights the natural world.
Two friends enter a discussion about their premonition of the future while the world around them changes.
Shot in Norfolk, starring Jamie Littlewood and Peter Stone.
Writer, Director, Mark Henderson. Producer Natalie Lauren. Production Manager Matt Bradbury & Miguel Cummins. DOP Olamide Shoyinka. Editor, Colourist Aditya Ravikanti. Sound Design Anna Moshenko. Mix Thomas J R Moss.
This project is due for festival release Autumn/Winter 2025.
Grief part 001
At the wake of his daughter a grieving father wades into the sea, immersed in a surreal moment of euphoria, surrounded by her ashes and flowers. A raw, intimate and emotional short film.
Starring Blair Plant, with Annabel Scholey.
Writer, Director Ash K Halliburton. Producer Natalie Lauren. EP Jamie Neale. DOP Adam Barnett. Editor Roberta Bononi. Costume Joseph Crone. Casting Sydney Aldridge.
Presented by Selfish Studio and Humble Media.
This project is currently in post production.
Eggshells
One couple’s journey, in one complicated night, from conflict to resolution. This short film explores dual-narratives, memory & a-chronological storytelling in a domestic & relatable setting.
Starring Alexander Mushore and Natalie Lauren.
Writer, Director, Producer Natalie Lauren. Co-Director, Composer Gianluca Truda. DOP James Handley.
This project is currently in post production.
Feel Me
A brilliant, modern day, Sci-Fi TV Pilot that asks us to question how readily we will exploit other humans, to make our own lives more convenient.
Starring Tristan Rivelle, Jessie Gattward, Raj Garcha, and Sean Stewart.
Director-Producers Bethany Taylor-Goh and Natalie Lauren. Producer Michael Chakrit-Murphy. Writer-DOP Corry Raymond.
This project is currently in post production.
Unauthorised Absence
A single mother’s battle to care for her autistic daughter, within a system trying to criminalise her for negligence. An incredible, important short film.
The script has been selected for Bournemouth International Film Festival. It is a Finalist at Bath Film Festival (winner tba), Shortlisted by Slick Films, and Semi-finalist at Outstanding Screenplays.
It is endorsed by the following charities: Not Fine In School, SOS!SEN, Square Peg.
Writer Jo Clayton. Producer Natalie Lauren. Editor Bonnie Rae Brickman (4x Emmy Award Certificate Winner). Composer Isin Eray.
This project is currently in pre-production.