Lauren Gee is a film producer and programmer from London, with a focus on film and storytelling that platforms communities and experiences of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Lauren has produced films for artists Alberta Whittle, Onyeka Igwe, Keith Piper and Beverley Bennett as well as curating public programmes for South London Gallery, Tate, South London Gallery, Create London and Film London. Lauren also worked on the selection committee for ‘Short Narrative’ for BlackStar Film Festival 2024, Philadelphia, U.S.A and is a guest programmer for London Short Film Festival 2025, where she is curating a programme around the experiences of young people across the Caribbean diaspora and their connection to identity.

Lauren is currently undertaking the Producing Masters at the National Film and Television School.




PUBLIC PROGRAMMING & FILM CURATION


London Short Film Festival (2025)

  • Upcoming: I am curating a screening of contemporary Caribbean films entitled ‘Everywhere We Are Islands’.  


South London Gallery (2024)
  • I curated a screening and masterclass for South London Gallery.

  • The screening: ‘Carnival as an Archive’ presents Shari’s ever evolving archive and lens, exploring the changing meaning and shape of carnival across the diaspora. The programme includes the first four episodes of her Mas Prep series, which explores the rich tradition of Trinidad’s carnival, celebrating the artists and performers and sharing behind-the-scenes footage. The screening was followed by a discussion with Shari Petti and hosted by writer and cultural producer Yaya Azariah Clarke and Dr June Givanni from the June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive (JGPACA).

The masterclass: Emerging Filmmakers Masterclass: June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive. This masterclass is aimed at emerging filmmakers, scholars, artists and anyone interested in engaging with cultural memory and history through archives.



Tate Britain (2024)

Film London (2024)
  • I led ‘Undocumented’, an outreach project, that ran in partnership with The New Black Film Collective, seeking to build relationships with London’s Black communities to introduce them to, and support them to develop a deeper interest in screen heritage and its power to tell our stories. It is stage one of London Screen Archives’ wider ambition for a screen heritage preservation project, with the focus on building trust, interest and engagement.


London Short Film Festival (2023-2024)
  • In this role as part of LSFF Orbital, I am responsible for engaging local, multicultural communities and young people, identifying new opportunities for the festival to expand their work and potential avenues for new partnerships and funding. 


National Maritime Museum Greenwich (2023)
  • I curated an event for National Windrush Day, celebrating the 75th year anniversary. I curated a spoken word event titled ‘Speak Pon Dem’ featuring poets: Kareem Parkins-Brown, Nathaniel Coles, Maia Watkiss, Kat Francois and Zena Edwards.


South London Gallery (2022-2023)
  • I curated and facilitated the Young People’s Programme, providing a range of engaging and multidisciplinary events and sustained artist-led projects. Projects have included a collaboration with GALA festival; a gallery takeover across both sites and a collaborative podcast platformed by the White Pube.


Create London (2021-2022)
  • I was responsible for producing the 2 year long Hackney Windrush Public Programme which revolves around the installation of the first statues in the UK to commemorate the Windrush generation. In addition to the project management of art commissions, I was responsible for devising and delivering a public programme that maximises engagement around the works of Veronica Ryan and Thomas J Price.


Peckham Platform (2021)
  • I assisted on 'Yuh Figet Yuhself', a creative programme co-led by an intergenerational group of Peckham residents and multi-disciplinary artist Beverley Bennett.