Lauren Wolkstein is an American film director, writer, and editor. She is known for directing the 2017 drama-thriller The Strange Ones with Christopher Radcliff and serving on the directorial team for the third season of Ava DuVernay's Queen Sugar, which she followed with a Producing Director role in the fifth season. A 2017-2018 Women at Sundance fellow, Wolkstein has been named a "New Face of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine. Her films have screened at several festivals, including Cannes, Outfest, Sundance, and SXSW.
She was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film 2013" in Filmmaker Magazine, an annual selection of faces who will be shaping the independent film world in the future.
Graduated with Honors from Columbia University School of the Arts with an M.F.A. in Film.