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 is currently the Co-EP on A NONSENSE CHRISTMAS WITH SABRINA CARPENTER (Netflix/OBB) and recently Showran the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic’s WATCH WITH ALEX COOPER for Peacock (Embassy Row). 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 iHEART RADIO JINGLE BALL (ABC/HULU/OBB), OMG FASHUN WITH JULIA FOX (E!/Scout), THE KIDS TONIGHT SHOW (Peacock), GETTING CURIOUS WITH JVN (Netflix), HOLIDAYS WITH THE HOUGHS (NBC), JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU (Adult Swim), and four seasons at SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC).
Through her company, DISCO NAP, Lauren provides production services for comedy-driven live events and podcasts including LAS CULTURISTAS' CULTURE AWARDS hosted by Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers, DAD: a standup comedy show hosted by SNL’s Alex English, Devon Walker and Gary Richardson, WORSE THAN YOU a new play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a popular spin-off podcast (Mo Fry Pasic/Sudi Green), and CATHERINE COHEN’S CABERNET CABARET at the Alan Cumming owned Club Cumming.