Lauren Mandel is a bi-coastal producer who has developed projects with Keke Palmer/eOne, LeBron James & Maverick Carter's SpringHill, and Jimmy Fallon's Electric Hot Dog Productions. She recently Co-EP’d iHEART RADIO’S JINGLE BALL special for ABC/HULU (OBB Pictures) and is the Supervising Producer on the upcoming OMG FASHUN WITH JULIA FOX (E!/Scout). Lauren is a frequent collaborator of Den of Thieves on live award shows including the MTV’S VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS, PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS (NBC), and the MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS among others. She EP’d and showran Electric Hot Dog‘s (Fallon) first stand-up special for Peacock which received a Critics’ Choice Award nomination. Lauren was also the Head of Development for Marci Klein Productions under Marci’s deal with NBCUniversal. Lauren has showrun multiple pilots for NBCUniversal including an NBC-ordered late-night format that Lauren co-created and adapted from a live stage show at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) which featured Julianne Hough. Other credits include THE KIDS TONIGHT SHOW (Peacock), GETTING CURIOUS WITH JVN (Netflix), HOLIDAYS WITH THE HOUGHS (NBC), JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU (Adult Swim), and nearly four seasons at SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC). 

Through her company, DISCO NAP, Lauren provides production services for live, comedy-driven shows and events including LAS CULTURISTAS' CULTURE AWARDS hosted by Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers, DAD: a Comedy Show hosted by Alex English, Devon Walker and Gary Richardson, Worse Than You (Mo Fry Pasic/Sudi Green), and Catherine Cohen’s Cabernet Cabaret at the Alan Cumming own Club Cumming.

Lauren came up through UCB and the NBCU Page Program in New York. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University.