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Lauren Elizabeth Hood

  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
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Lauren Elizabeth at the Strange Darling Cast & Crew Premiere
Lauren Elizabeth Hood, a member of the Producers Guild of America, IATSE Local 871, Directors Guild of America, ASCAP and owner of her own production companies, is known for her love of feature films, and the production office. She travels around the world filming in countries such as South Africa and Thailand, and has filmed all around the United States including Puerto Rico, Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, and New York to name a few states. She has successfully received film tax incentives from those states who offer them. She is most known for working on the Sharknado franchise, and with companies such as Syfy, Lifetime, BET, Amazon, Sony, Fuze, TV One, etc. on television and theatrical features.

Lauren comes from a world of music, singing from an incredibly young age. She graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, TN in 2007, with a Bachelor's degree in the Entertainment Business, while she also enjoyed working with many large scale music festivals and concerts like the Grammy's and MTV Music Awards. She then received an Associate's degree in film while concentrating on producing.

She's excelled in several invite only extracurricular programs such as Belmont West 2007 (Belmont's Los Angeles Prestigious Internship Program) and LA's American Pavilion 2010. She also earned certificates in Entrepreneurship from Gateway College in 2002 and in Film Producing from the UCLA TFT Professional Program in 2011.

Lauren enjoys the pursuit of great scripts that can be molded into extraordinary feature films, while providing vocals for original songs for media content.
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    Known for

    Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgerald in Strange Darling (2023)
    Strange Darling
    7.0
    • Production Department
    • 2023
    Sick (2022)
    Sick
    6.0
    • Production Department
    • 2022
    Tow (2022)
    Tow
    3.2
    • Producer
    • 2022
    David Hasselhoff, Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Tommy Davidson, Cody Linley, Masiela Lusha, Ryan Whitney, and Imani Hakim in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
    Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
    3.9
    TV Movie
    • Production Management(uncredited)
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Olivia's Routine
      • producer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Layover
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • Cognition
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • Callback
      • associate producer
      • Post-production



    • Morgan: Killer Doll (2025)
      Morgan: Killer Doll
      3.6
      • line producer
      • 2025
    • Airplane 2025 (2025)
      Airplane 2025
      2.5
      • line producer
      • 2025
    • Jeff Lawless, Veronica Tullo, Luke Banham, and Lisa Jacqueline Starrett in Did My Heart Love Till Now (2024)
      Did My Heart Love Till Now
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Ape X Mecha Ape: New World Order (2024)
      Ape X Mecha Ape: New World Order
      2.7
      • supervising producer
      • 2024
    • Michael Madsen in Monster Mash (2024)
      Monster Mash
      3.5
      • production supervisor
      • 2024
    • Tow (2022)
      Tow
      3.2
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Kristin Davis and Greer Grammer in Deadly Illusions (2021)
      Deadly Illusions
      3.8
      • co-producer
      • 2021
    • Meredith Thomas, Leann Van Mol, Chloe Stafford, and Chris Cimperman in Dangerous Medicine (2021)
      Dangerous Medicine
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • line producer
      • 2021
    • Gia Mantegna and Grant Harvey in All for Nikki (2020)
      All for Nikki
      5.2
      • line producer
      • 2020
    • John Amos, Omar Gooding, Raven Goodwin, Janet Hubert, and DomiNque Perry in Christmas Belles (2019)
      Christmas Belles
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • line producer
      • 2019
    • Loved to Death (2019)
      Loved to Death
      7.4
      • line producer
      • 2019
    • Zoombies 2 (2019)
      Zoombies 2
      3.5
      • line producer
      • 2019
    • Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, and Valeria Emiliani in The Padre (2018)
      The Padre
      5.7
      • line producer: pick up crew
      • 2018
    • Aubrey Reynolds in Surrounded (2018)
      Surrounded
      2.8
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Flight 666 (2018)
      Flight 666
      4.4
      • line producer
      • 2018

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Wingman Inc. (2015)
      Wingman Inc.
      3.8
      • second assistant director
      • 2015
    • Blood Shed (2013)
      Blood Shed
      3.1
      • second assistant director
      • 2013
    • Bob Barr in Near Dead (2013)
      Near Dead
      Short
      • second assistant director (as Lauren E. Hood)
      • 2013
    • Wassup en LA? (2013)
      Wassup en LA?
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 2013
    • The Kid (2013)
      The Kid
      8.2
      Short
      • second assistant director
      • 2013
    • American Brawler (2013)
      American Brawler
      4.3
      • second assistant director
      • 2013
    • Skyler Caleb and Meg Cionni in Waking (2013)
      Waking
      6.2
      • second assistant director (as Lauren E. Hood)
      • 2013
    • Lombardo Boyar and Greg Grunberg in Big Ass Spider! (2013)
      Big Ass Spider!
      5.3
      • second assistant director (as Lauren Hood)
      • 2013
    • Greetings from Home (2012)
      Greetings from Home
      7.2
      TV Series
      • second assistant director (as Lauren E. Hood)
      • 2012
    • Christmas Twister (2012)
      Christmas Twister
      3.4
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 2012
    • Sanctified
      Short
      • second assistant director (as Lauren E. Hood)
      • 2010
    • I Am Musical
      Short
      • first assistant director (as Lauren E. Hood)
      • 2010

    Production Management



    • Olivia's Routine
      • unit production manager
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • A Christmas Prayer
      • unit production manager
      • Completed



    • Shay Dinneen, Eli Jane, and Avia Colette in The Player (2025)
      The Player
      • head of production
      • 2025
    • Rachel Boston and Wes Brown in Check Inn to Christmas (2019)
      Check Inn to Christmas
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • production supervisor
      • 2019
    • John Amos, Omar Gooding, Raven Goodwin, Janet Hubert, and DomiNque Perry in Christmas Belles (2019)
      Christmas Belles
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • unit production manager
      • 2019
    • Loved to Death (2019)
      Loved to Death
      7.4
      • unit production manager
      • 2019
    • Kevin Pollak, Peri Gilpin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bob Saget, Rob Corddry, and Max Burkholder in Benjamin (2019)
      Benjamin
      3.4
      • production supervisor
      • 2019
    • Zoombies 2 (2019)
      Zoombies 2
      3.5
      • unit production manager
      • 2019
    • Hornet (2018)
      Hornet
      1.9
      • unit production manager (as Lauren Hood)
      • 2018
    • Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, and Cassandra Scerbo in The Last Sharknado: It's About Time (2018)
      The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
      3.6
      TV Movie
      • unit production manager: Los Angeles
      • 2018
    • Flight 666 (2018)
      Flight 666
      4.4
      • unit production manager
      • 2018
    • Geo-Disaster (2017)
      Geo-Disaster
      3.0
      Video
      • unit production manager
      • 2017
    • David Hasselhoff, Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Tommy Davidson, Cody Linley, Masiela Lusha, Ryan Whitney, and Imani Hakim in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
      Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
      3.9
      TV Movie
      • unit production manager (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Fortune Cookie (2016)
      Fortune Cookie
      3.8
      • unit production manager
      • 2016
    • Ione Butler in Zoombies (2016)
      Zoombies
      3.4
      • unit production manager
      • 2016
    • Santa Claws (2014)
      Santa Claws
      3.1
      • unit production manager
      • 2014
    • Judd Hirsch and Ian Ziering in Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
      Sharknado 2: The Second One
      4.0
      TV Movie
      • production supervisor: Los Angeles
      • 2014

    Production Department



    • Harvest Moon
      • assistant production coordinator
      • Post-production



    • Sergio Carlo and Lisa Datz in Life of Riley (2023)
      Life of Riley
      Short
      • production coordinator
      • 2023
    • Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgerald in Strange Darling (2023)
      Strange Darling
      7.0
      • production coordinator
      • 2023
    • Sick (2022)
      Sick
      6.0
      • assistant production coordinator
      • 2022
    • Addison Rae and Tanner Buchanan in He's All That (2021)
      He's All That
      4.4
      • production secretary
      • 2021
    • Krista Allen, Richard Riehle, Stephen Wu, and Tommy Kijas in For the Hits (2021)
      For the Hits
      5.4
      • production coordinator
      • 2021
    • Nicole Bilderback, Jason Dolley, and Chrishell Stause in Staged Killer (2019)
      Staged Killer
      3.7
      • production coordinator
      • 2019
    • Anyone Home? (2018)
      Anyone Home?
      4.1
      • assistant production coordinator
      • 2018
    • David Hasselhoff, Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Tommy Davidson, Cody Linley, Masiela Lusha, Ryan Whitney, and Imani Hakim in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
      Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
      3.9
      TV Movie
      • production office coordinator
      • 2016
    • Carter Jenkins, Shelby Young, Chloe Bridges, Mitch Hewer, and Taylor Murphy in Nightlight (2015)
      Nightlight
      4.4
      • production office assistant: additional photography (as Lauren Hood)
      • 2015
    • Finding Neighbors (2013)
      Finding Neighbors
      5.9
      • production assistant (as Lauren Hood)
      • 2013
    • Alone for Christmas (2013)
      Alone for Christmas
      3.3
      Video
      • production coordinator
      • 2013
    • Dark Power (2013)
      Dark Power
      3.6
      • production assistant
      • 2013
    • The Ghost Speaks (2013)
      The Ghost Speaks
      TV Series
      • production assistant (as Lauren Hood)
      • 2013
    • Christmas Twister (2012)
      Christmas Twister
      3.4
      TV Movie
      • production assistant: additional photography
      • 2012
    • Terrance Zdunich in The Devil's Carnival (2012)
      The Devil's Carnival
      5.9
      • production assistant (as Lauren E. Hood)
      • 2012

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      • Lauren E. Hood
    • Height
      • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

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      • Female

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