LAUREN MANDEL is an Emmy Award–winning showrunner whose work spans high-profile television specials, live events, and artist-led projects for some of today’s most culture-shaping voices. She originated and produces the LAS CULTURISTAS CULTURE AWARDS (Lionsgate), helping to scale the show from a 2022 Lincoln Center debut to a nationally televised special on Bravo/Peacock.
Recent credits include SNL50: THE HOMECOMING CONCERT and the SNL50 RED CARPET LIVESTREAM HOSTED BY AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG, and A NONSENSE CHRISTMAS WITH SABRINA CARPENTER (Netflix/OBB) and the iHEART RADIO JINGLE BALL with frequent collaborators OBB Media (ABC/HULU).
Lauren has developed and showrun multiple projects for NBCUniversal, including the Emmy-winning 2024 Paris Summer Olympic’s WATCH WITH ALEX COOPER (Peacock/Embassy Row), Joyelle Nicole Johnson’s Critics’ Choice–nominated stand-up comedy special (Peacock/Jimmy Fallon), and NIGHT LATE an NBC-ordered late-night format which Lauren co-created and adapted from a live stage show at the Upright Citizens Brigade when she was only 25. She’s also developed projects with Keke Palmer/eOne, Sam Wrench/EverWonder Studio, Jimmy Fallon’s Electric Hot Dog, and LeBron James & Maverick Carter’s SpringHill, among others.
Other credits include: MTV’s VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS (CBS/Den of Thieves), PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS (NBC//Den of Thieves), MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS (Den of Thieves), THE CHARLIE PUTH SHOW (Roku/Scout), OMG FASHUN WITH JULIA FOX (E!/Scout), THE KIDS TONIGHT SHOW (Peacock/Matador), GETTING CURIOUS WITH JVN (Netflix), HOLIDAYS WITH THE HOUGHS (NBC), and four seasons at SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC).
In 2023, Lauren launched DISCO NAP, a talent-driven production company specializing in live entertainment and events. Disco Nap productions include the first three LAS CULTURISTAS CULTURE AWARDS, FAB FIVE LIVE, a five-city tour with the cast of Netflix's Queer Eye; MY FAVORITE LYRICS, a music-comedy podcast hosted by SNL cast member Devon Walker; THE CURSED AMULET Julio Torres’ not-to-be-missed Halloween party; DAD: a standup comedy show hosted by SNL’s Alex English, Devon Walker and Gary Richardson, WORSE THAN YOU (Mo Fry Pasic/Sudi Green) a new play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a popular spin-off podcast of the same name, and CATHERINE COHEN’S CABERNET CABARET at the Alan Cumming owned Club Cumming.
