Laura Brownson

Documentary director Laura Brownson was named Variety's '10 Documakers to Watch' in 2018. Brownson's incendiary Netflix original documentary The Rachel Divide about controversial former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal premiered at the Tribeca Film festival where it was named 'one of the fest's best' by Rollingstone Magazine and touted as 'an enthralling drama' by The New Yorker. She found passion in the sports world, directing Deal With the Devil about groundbreaking boxer Christy Martin as part of the critically acclaimed Netflix anthology series Untold with the Way Brothers as Executive Producers. Her passion project The House Band produced by Ross Dinerstein at Campfire is in its final stages 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 had its U.S. premiere 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. Before turning to documentary film, Brownson worked for nearly 15 years in narrative features and television. She began her career working with Sean Penn's Clyde is Hungry Films collaborating 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.