Meet the Team

Lauren Greenhall

She/Her

(Director ∙Producer)

Lauren Greenhall is a director who specializes in character driven stories. She has directed TV and video for CBS interactive, National Geographic, The New Yorker, The New York Post, the Huffington Post, Amazon Originals, Inside Edition, and more.

Greenhall directed and created the Miss Quarantine Pageant, a scripted comedy parody of traditional beauty pageants. This 35-minute extravaganza was featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NY1, and The Stranger, among others.

Noteworthy projects also include directing Reality Bites a recurring segment on Nat Geo's TV special Wild After Dark, serving as director/senior producer on CBS Interactive's The Breakdown with Luke Mones, and directing Diary of a Mad American Patriot, a viral series for the New York Post which totaled in 5+ million views.

Amanda Jane Stern

She/Her

(Writer ∙ Producer ∙ “Ruby”)

A New York City-Native, her writing has been described as “extremely compelling” and noted for its ability to “pose important questions to an audience.”

Amanda is the co-author of the NPR-featured Coerced: A Documentary Play. She has a BA in Film, Television and Interactive Media and Theater Arts from Brandeis University.

Recent credits include the feature films 1 Angry Black Man, Lifetime’s Amish Witches, the Mary Pickford biopic Why Not Choose Love, and the short film The Lost Weekend (with Reed Birney and Stranger Things’ Catherine Curtin).

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He/Him (Producer ∙ “David”)

Described as “velvet voiced and ultra-charming,” Stephen is a British actor best known for his portrayal of the villainous Scar in *The Lion King* on Broadway. Labeled as “the perfect villain,” his acting has been called “marvelous” and “exceptional.”
He appeared in the West End productions of *The Producers* (Original London Cast), and *The Phantom of the Opera*. He was also in the Cameron Mackintosh directed production of *My Fair Lady* for the National Theatre.
He recently appeared in the Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration TV Special. On screen, he appeared in 2008’s *Brideshead Revisited*, and in Stephen Fry’s *Bright Young Things*.

Julian Seltzer

He/Him

(Producer ∙ Story Co-Writer)

An NPR-featured playwright, his storytelling has been described as “grappling with complex themes and unexpected reveals.”

In the TV world, Julian has overseen creative teams on projects produced for MTV, Oxygen, HGTV, CNBC, The Weather Channel, Fusion, and more. He produced The Basement Office, co-hosted by the History Channel’s Nick Pope.

He was a semi-finalist in the Norman Mailer Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest. The prize was a glass bust of Norman Mailer's head —and it is so terrifying that it sits in a padlocked box under his bed.