Lauren Selig is an American

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

, businesswoman, writer and philanthropist. She is co-founder of Shake and Bake Productions, VALIS Virtual Reality, Curiosity Ink and Tangled Little Dragon. She is a venture partner at Bold Capital Partners and an advisor to Build A Rocket Boy and XPrize.

Early life and education

Selig was born in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

, the daughter of billionaire property developer

Martin Selig Martin Selig (born 1936/37) is a German-born American billionaire property developer, particularly known for his work in Seattle including the Columbia Center, the city's tallest building. He is a Holocaust survivor, having been able to go into h ...

. Her mother is Andrea (née Fain). Selig has an older brother and a younger sister. During elementary school and high school Selig attended the private Lakeside School and

Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

and went on to her undergraduate studies at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

where she earned a BS in International Relations. She studied for a year at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

while working at ''

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''. Selig then went on to the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

and

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

where she earned a JD-MBA.

Career

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 also 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. Her recent movies include the Elton John biopic Rocketman and the Sam Raimi thriller Crawl. Selig was executive producer of Hacksaw Ridge, Lone Survivor, Everest, American Made, A Walk Among the Tombstones, 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 ''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary ''The Conscientious Objector'' directed by Terry Benedict. The film focuses on the World Wa ...

'', executive-produced by Selig, received six Oscar nominations. She is currently producing the last Stanley Kubrick script The Downslope, the sci-fi film The Diamond Age and the Amazon series Wheel of Time. In addition to her work in film and television she advises companies on their investments into the United States and is a partner at the virtual reality company V.A.L.I.S. which won an Emmy for its work on Capturing Everest. VALIS produced the TIME recreation of Martin Luther King. She was an advisor to the IMAX fund and worked with several crypto currency companies through her fund Tangled Little Dragon. Selig is an early investor in several companies including Galaxy Interactive, A16z, Vaxxinity, Bulletproof Coffee, 1UP Ventures, SALT, Limeade, Deviation Games, Build A Rocket Boy, Wax Exchange, Otoy,

Pantera Pantera () is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas formed in 1981, and currently comprised of vocalist Phil Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown, and touring musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante. The group's best-kn ...

and

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. She produces live entertainment through her partnership with Poets Road and is an advisor to Peter Jackson's company WETA. She is an ambassador to Reefline, and serves on the board of X-Prize.

Personal life

Selig lives in Los Angeles. Her husband Kyril Faenov, General Manager of the SQL Test Group at Microsoft Corporation, killed himself in 2012."Seattleland: Latest Selig Real Estate Fight Is Over Family Gravesite"
. ''Seattle Weekly'', Rick Anderson Feb 3 2015

References

External links

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Shake And Bake Productions
{{DEFAULTSORT:Selig, Lauren Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics Phillips Exeter Academy alumni Georgetown University alumni Northwestern University alumni University of Washington alumni Lakeside School (Seattle) alumni Filmmakers from Seattle American women film producers American children's writers 21st-century American women writers Writers from Seattle Microsoft employees Film producers from Washington (state)