LAUREN SAFFA
Film Editor

Lauren Saffa is an Emmy Award–winning documentary film editor known for her compelling and socially resonant work. Her recent credits include Rebecca (Tribeca Film Festival, 2025), a feature documentary spotlighting musician Becky G; Social Studies(Telluride Film Festival, 2024), a docuseries directed by Lauren Greenfield that delves into the impact of social media on teenagers; and Subject (Tribeca Film Festival, 2022), a critically acclaimed exploration of the ethics behind documentary filmmaking.

Other notable projects include The Cost of Silence (Sundance, 2020), the Emmy-winning short Blackfeet Boxing, Do You Trust This Computer, and the Oscar-shortlisted Hooligan Sparrow. Her television work spans platforms such as HBO (Unveiled) and Netflix (Song Exploder).

Lauren’s commitment to socially and culturally relevant storytelling began early in her career with Another World (Berlin International Film Festival, 2014), a documentary she co-produced and edited about the Occupy Wall Street movement. She has since collaborated with director Fisher Stevens on several films, including Deepest Dive for BBC America and My Decisions for Microsoft.

A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts / Gallatin, Lauren also studied film in Cuba at La Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. She has produced political documentary theater for The Culture Project, including the War Against Wars short film series, which premiered at the United Nations.

Growing up as the daughter of veteran documentary filmmaker Joan Saffa, Lauren was raised with a deep-rooted passion for storytelling. She had the opportunity to share this passion with her mom on the film Looking Through the Eyes of AIDS, which they filmed together in Myanmar.

Lauren lives in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, with her husband and their two children.