Lauren Selig

Lauren Selig is an American film producer,[1] entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist. She is co-founder of Shake and Bake Productions[2], VALIS Virtual Reality and Tangled Little Dragon.

Early life and education

Selig was born in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of developer Martin Selig.[3] Her mother is Andrea (née Fain). Selig has an older brother and a younger sister. In 1995 Selig’s parents divorced.

During elementary school and high school Selig attended the private Lakeside School and Phillips Exeter Academy and went on to her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University where she earned a BS in International Relations. She studied for a year at the London School of Economics while working at Variety. Selig then went on to the University of Washington and Northwestern University where she earned a JD-MBA.

Career

After writing for Variety magazine, Selig worked as story editor in 1997 at Dreamworks for producer Mark Johnson. In 2000 she practiced international licensing for music company Playnetworks.

From 2002 Selig worked at Microsoft in Platforms Business Development. She began working in the family business, and from 2003 to 2012 Selig was Director of Development at her family’s company, Martin Selig Real Estate.[4] She managed the private family investments in startups and organized the family’s philanthropic giving.

In 2005 Selig started Lala Laptop, a line of women’s laptop bags; profits from the bag sales were donated to charity. In 2009 she wrote and created a selection of children’s books and children’s iphone applications called Little Lala. At that time Selig was the president of Business Development and strategy at the online movie service company IndieFlix.

Selig co-founded Shake and Bake Productions, a production company with offices at Paramount Studios. Selig was co-executive producer of several films, including A Walk Among the Tombstones, based on a novel by Lawrence Block, and I Am Michael, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015.[5] That year she was named as one of Variety magazine's "producers to watch".[6]

In 2017 Hacksaw Ridge, executive-produced by Selig, received six Oscar nominations.[7]

She is currently producing the last Stanley Kubrick script The Downslope alongside Ridley Scott, the sci fi masterpiece The Diamond Age as well as Rocketman about Elton John and the military feature Last Full Measure.

In addition to her work in film and television she advises several Chinese companies on their investments into the United States and is a partner at the virtual reality company V.A.L.I.S. which won an Emmy for its work on Capturing Everest. She is the general manager of the IMAX VR fund and advisor to several crypto currency companies including Wax, RChain, Academy, Taxa, TZero and BlockV through her fund Tangled Little Dragon.

Personal life

Selig lives in Los Angeles. Her husband Kyril Faenov, General Manager of the SQL Test Group at Microsoft Corporation, died in 2012.[8]

Selig serves on the boards of X-Prize, Planetary Resources, 8i, the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, The Sun Valley Film Festival, and Musicians On Call. She is a lifetime member of the Alliance of Angels.

Films

  • Lone Survivor. Release date January 10, 2014.[9][10]
  • "Begin Again" Release date 2013.
  • The Quiet Ones. Release date 2013.
  • One Square Mile''. Release date 2013.
  • Can a Song Save Your Life? Release date 2014.
  • "Black Mass"
  • Parkland
  • A Walk Among the Tombstones. Release date 2014.
  • "Everest" Release date 2015.
  • Two Night Stand. Release date 2014.
  • Finders Keepers, 2015[11]
  • Hacksaw Ridge, 2016.

References

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