Lauren Lazin is an American filmmaker whose first feature film, Tupac: Resurrection was nominated for a 2005 Academy Award. Her follow-up film, I'm Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust was nominated for two 2006 Emmy Awards, and was named Best Documentary by the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. She was also the director of the documentary The Last Days of Left Eye which looked at the life and death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 4, 1960 (66)
- U.S.A
- Director, producer and writer
- 14 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Known for
What are Lauren Lazin's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lauren Lazin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Lauren Lazin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Extreme Love(2018)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Hustle & Soul(2017)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Mama June: Family Crisis(2017)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
Money. Power. Respect.(2016)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The U.S. vs. John Lennon(2006)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Coming Out Stories(2006)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
TransGeneration(2005)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Tupac: Resurrection(2003)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
True Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Flapper Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 1985 to 2014.
How do Lauren Lazin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 14 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive6
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Lauren Lazin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lauren Lazin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Lauren Gellert shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Oji SingletaryShared titles: Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together (2025), Hustle & Soul (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Oji Singletary
Composers and editors
- Matthew Newman DunneShared titles: Untold Stories of Hip Hop (2019), Hustle & Soul (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Newman Dunne
- Najib TabriShared titles: Untold Stories of Hip Hop (2019), Mama June: Family Crisis (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Najib Tabri
Producers
- Lauren GellertShared titles: The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E (2021), Untold Stories of Hip Hop (2019), Hustle & Soul (2017), Mama June: Family Crisis (2017), Money. Power. Respect. (2016)See all 5 shared titles with Lauren Gellert
- David StefanouShared titles: The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E (2021), Untold Stories of Hip Hop (2019), Hustle & Soul (2017)See all 3 shared titles with David Stefanou
- Azon JuanShared titles: Mama June: Family Crisis (2017), L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin (2014), Tupac: Resurrection (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Azon Juan
- Tracey Baker-SimmonsShared titles: Nelly & Ashanti: We Belong Together (2025), Hustle & Soul (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Tracey Baker-Simmons