Lauren Selig

Lauren Selig is an American film producer, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist. She is co-founder of Shake and Bake Productions

Selig was born in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of developer Martin Selig. Her mother is Andrea (née Fain). Selig has an older brother and a younger sister. In 1995 Selig’s parents divorced.

During elementary school and high school Selig attended the private Lakeside School and Phillips Exeter Academy and went on to her undergraduate studies at Georgetown University where she earned a BS in International Relations. She studied for a year at the London School of Economics while working at Variety. Selig then went on to the University of Washington and Northwestern University where she earned a JD-MBA.

After writing for Variety magazine, Selig worked as story editor in 1997 at Dreamworks for producer Mark Johnson. In 2000 she practiced international licensing for music company Playnetworks.

From 2002 Selig worked at Microsoft in Platforms Business Development. She began working in the family business, and from 2003 to 2012 Selig was Director of Development at her family’s company, Martin Selig Real Estate. She managed the private family investments in startups and organized the family’s philanthropic giving.

In 2005 Selig started Lala Laptop, a line of women’s laptop bags; profits from the bag sales were donated to charity. In 2009 she wrote and created a selection of children’s books and children’s iphone applications called Little Lala. At that time Selig was the president of Business Development and strategy at the online movie service company IndieFlix.

Selig co-founded Shake and Bake Productions, a production company with offices at Paramount Studios. Selig was co-executive producer of several films, including A Walk Among the Tombstones, based on a novel by Lawrence Block, and I Am Michael, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. That year she was named as one of Variety magazine's "producers to watch".

In 2017 Hacksaw Ridge, executive-produced by Selig, received six Oscar nominations.

Selig lives in Los Angeles. Her husband Kyril Faenov, General Manager of the SQL Test Group at Microsoft Corporation, died in 2012.

Selig has served on the boards of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, The Seattle Theatre Group, The Sun Valley Film Festival, 8i, X Prize and Musicians On Call. She is a partner for the Creative Coalition “Show Tolerance and Respect Alliance”. She is a lifetime member of the Alliance of Angels.

• Lone Survivor. Release date January 10, 2014.
• "Begin Again" Release date 2013.
• The Quiet Ones. Release date 2013.
• One Square Mile''. Release date 2013.
• Can a Song Save Your Life? Release date 2014.
• Parkland
• A Walk Among the Tombstones. Release date 2014.
• "Everest" Release date 2015.
• Two Night Stand. Release date 2014.
• Finders Keepers, 2015
• Hacksaw Ridge, 2016.