Curriculum Vitae

CV

Lauren Santucci
b. 1995

Lauren Santucci is a documentary filmmaker based in Texas.

Awards

AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY
Short Film Grant
2025

49th ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL
Special Jury Award & Audience Award
2025

22nd OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL
Best First-time Filmmaker
2025

AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY
Travel Grant
2025

PEACE IS LOUD/REPRO FILM
Collective Lens Grant & Fellowship
2024

AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY
Short Film Grant
2023

Select Cinematography Works

ZURAWSKI VS. TEXAS
Add’l. Cinematography
Dir. Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault
World Premiere Telluride Film Festival (2024)

THE LIBRARIANS
Add’l. Cinematography
Dir. Kim Snyder
World Premiere Sundance (2025)

THE INTERPRETERS
Add’l. Cinematography
Dir. Karen Skloss
In production

EJ LEE: ALL AMERICAN
Add’l. Cinematography
Dir. Jason Rhee
In post-production

I NEED SPACE
Add’l. Cinematography
Dir. Ivy Chiu, Hannah Varnell, and Lauren Yap
in post-production

HAMTRAMCK, USA
Add’l. Cinematography
Dir. Razi Jafri and Justin Feltman
World Premiere SXSW (2020)

Skills & Expertise

Directing
Verité cinematography
Sony Camera Systems
Producing
Adobe Premiere Pro
Editing
Grant Writing

Education

M.A.
Visual Communication
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio, United States

B.A.
International Relations and Art History
University of St. Andrews
Scotland, United Kingdom

Press

‘Texas Monthly Welcomes Two New Video Hires’
2025

‘PBS North Carolina Announces New Season of REEL SOUTH’
2026

‘Austin Film Society Announces 2025 Grant Recipients’
2026

‘2025 Atlanta Film Festival Unveils Official Selections’
2025

‘Austin Film Society Announces 2023 Grant Recipients’
2024