About

Lauren Sick is an award winning writer and director who grew up in the dark woods of suburbia screening inappropriate horror movies at slumber parties.

Her film THE MEETING SPOT has screened at multiple festivals worldwide, securing a spot in the prestigious "Higher Elevation" block at Telluride Horror Show and winning two Best Director awards from LA International Horror Festival and Vancouver Horror Show. The film was released as a Selection Premiere on Film Shortage. 

Sick recently directed second unit on the 2025 Sony Pictures release HEART EYES, produced by Spyglass and starring Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding.

Her film PARE has screened at over two dozen festivals, including Beyond Fest and the Oscars qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival, and has taken home awards for Best Horror Short and Best Director at the Indie Shorts Awards. The film premiered as an exclusive on Fangoria and was released through ALTER.

Sick has worked with some of the music industry's most exciting artists, including Dove Cameron, MØ, Foster the People, A-Trak, American Authors, El-P, Vampire Weekend, and A$AP Ferg.

Over the span of her commercial career she has been awarded multiple Vimeo Staff Picks, directing films for household brands such as GAP, Honda, Bose, New Balance, Xfinity, Trident, Michelob, and Beats by Dre.

She is represented commercially by RESET, a boutique production company founded by David Fincher.

Lauren lives and works in Los Angeles. Find her @laurensick.