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About me

Laura is founder and CEO of the global award-winning content and music video company Great Guns. Her body of work includes the classic Harry Dean Stanton, five D&AD pencil winner, 'Cheat' for Guess

Recent awards in 2018 include; 3 x Cannes Lions, Webby, D&AD, 2x A-List Hollywood awards, 3x LIA's, APA Top 50, a SHOTS, Epica. 2017 awards include D&AD pencils, Cannes Lions, Spikes, Clios, LIA, Sharks, One Show, Ciclope and Best Music Video at Berlin MV Awards. Great Guns topped the year off by winning Epica Production Company of the Year and LIA Europe Production Company of the Year.

Laura has served on multiple juries. She was president of Cannes Lions Film Craft Jury 2016, foreman of D&AD next director and juror D&AD black pencil 2016, speaker at the LIA Creative LIAsons 'Journey to the Jury' 2017.

She was juror on the first USA AICP CDDP Diversity Awards 2017 and Cannes 2017 Vowss Shesays/ The Voice of a Woman Award. In 2018, Laura was a juror for One Show, LIA Las Vegas & the first ever Immortal Awards. Laura also created the workshop #storiesin6 which was a huge success at Cannes and LIA 2018 and will be returning to LIA in 2019.

Laura was a D&AD board trustee and member of The Bigger Bounce committee which to date has raised over £2.5 million for Breast Cancer Now. She has produced four independent movies and prime-time television drama and is a firm supporter of #freethebid.

Laura has just opened a pub, Great Guns Social, offering residencies to exciting young chefs.

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AvailabilityLooking for work

ContractPerm, Freelance, Temp-Perm, Part time, Remote

LocationLos Angeles, United States

Skill LevelJunior, Middleweight, Senior, Director

Tagged Job TitlesFounder

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Commercials Director, Great Guns

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