Biography
Lauren Batschowanow is an award winning writer/director/producer and actor known for her commanding presence on screen. Lauren is the founder and owner of Russian Doll Productions, her dramatic feature film "Dangerous Desires", (formerly known as "True Face") won Best International Feature Film at the Illinois International Film Festival in Westmont, IL, USA, received three nominations at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto, ON, Canada and Official Selection at the Blackbird Film Festival in Cortland, NY, USA.
Lauren devised and directed her first play when she was 12 years old. At age 16, she was selected to direct her high school's production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", she also played the title role of Titania.
In 2005, Lauren graduated with a Certificate iv Musical Theatre from the Contemporary Music Centre (TAFE NSW). She studied under musical theatre director, Stephen Helper who conceived the Grammy award winning and Tony award nominated musical, "Smokey Joe's Cafe". Lauren then completed her Bachelor of Performance at the University of Western Sydney (former Theatre Nepean).
In 2010, Lauren founded her production company, Russian Doll Productions.
In 2011, Lauren began writing her first feature film, Dangerous Desires (2015) (2015), a narrative drama about two young people who are in love but can't be together. She has since completed her second feature film, Stripping from the Inside Out, a documentary revealing the art of burlesque in Sydney and is in the development stages of her first television series, Resplendent Fatales and her second feature film "Mika's Paradise", the origin story for the protagonist, Madam M in her third feature film, "Resplendent Fatales".
