Lauren Lucia Savoy is an American musician and film director.
Upon graduation from the
London Film School
London Film School (LFS) is a film school in London and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, neighbouring Soho, a hub of the UK film industry. It is the oldest film school in the UK. , Savoy started directing music videos and commercials. She has original songs in the movie "Hawaii, Oslo" as well as "One Night at Mcool's."
In 1983 Lauren met
Pål Waaktaar-Savoy guitarist and songwriter of the band a-ha, they met in London at the Hippodrome nightclub and on December 21, 1991 they got married and on August 3, 1999 their first and only son True August was born, taking his nickname Augie
In 1995, Savoy and her husband formed the band
Savoy
Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.
Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south.
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with drummer Frode Unneland. Lauren is a co-writer on all Savoy albums.
Discography with Savoy
* ''Mary is Coming'' (1996)
* ''Lackluster Me'' (1997)
* ''Mountains of Time'' (1999)
* ''Reasons To Stay Indoors'' (2001)
* ''Savoy'' (2004)
* ''Savoy Songbook vol. 1'' (2007)
* ''See The Beauty In Your Drab Hometown'' (2018)
Other appearances
Lauren appeared on the A-ha track "
You'll Never Get Over Me" from the album ''
Minor Earth Major Sky
''Minor Earth Major Sky'' (stylised as ''minor earth | major sky'') is the sixth studio album by Norwegian band A-ha, released on 14 April 2000 by WEA.
Background and release
Following the release of A-ha's fifth studio album, '' Memorial B ...
'', providing backing vocals. She also has co-writing credits on the A-ha songs "Between Your Mama and Yourself", "Cold River" and "
The Sun Never Shone That Day
''Minor Earth Major Sky'' (stylised as ''minor earth | major sky'') is the sixth studio album by Norwegian band A-ha, released on 14 April 2000 by WEA.
Background and release
Following the release of A-ha's fifth studio album, ''Memorial Bea ...
".
Film
Lauren directed the short film "Scent of a Woman" which appeared in many festivals and won "Best of Fest" at the Broad Humor short festival as well as the audience favorite at DC shorts and Holly shorts film festivals. She directed the documentary "A-ha live in South America" and several music videos and commercials.
References
External links
mvdbase.com
Living people
Songwriters from Massachusetts
Musicians from Boston
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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