Laura Brownson, a renowned documentary director, was named one of Variety's "10 Documakers to Watch" in 2018. Her incendiary Netflix original documentary, The Rachel Divide, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it was praised as "one of the fest's best" by Rolling Stone Magazine and hailed as "an enthralling drama" by The New Yorker.
Brownson's passion for the sports world led her to direct Deal With the Devil, a documentary about the groundbreaking boxer Christy Martin, as part of the critically acclaimed Netflix anthology series Untold, executive produced by the Way Brothers.
Her long-awaited passion project, The House Band, produced by Ross Dinerstein at Campfire, is nearing completion and promises to make its premiere in 2023.
Brownson's documentary feature debut, LEMON, about spoken word artist Lemon Andersen, was produced by Impact Partners and premiered at DOCNYC, where it won a special jury prize. The film went on to screen at over 50 film festivals worldwide, winning multiple jury prizes, and was broadcast on PBS.
Prior to her successful career in documentary filmmaking, Brownson spent nearly 15 years working in narrative features and television. She began her career collaborating with Sean Penn's Clyde is Hungry Films on multiple projects. She then spent several years at Paramount Studios working for Michael Douglas' production company, Douglas/Reuther. Turning her focus to television, Brownson produced television movies for CBS Films.
