LAUREN YAP
Queer Filipinx filmmaker in ATX.
AboutEmail
Lauren is a queer, first-generation Filipinx American filmmaker whose work includes producing various commercials, music videos, and live events.
They are a protagonist for PJ Raval’s Who We Become, a documentary on Netflix that follows young Filipino women during the pandemic as they engage in much-needed intergenerational conversations about the COVID-19 crisis and growing racial injustice during the first Trump presidency. They are also part of the collective developing I Need Space, a documentary spotlighting the resilience of the Austin queer community, who—like many others nationwide—are fighting simply to exist.
Currently, Lauren is the co-artistic director for OUTsider, an Austin-based transmedia art festival that celebrates the creative nonconformity of the LGBTQ+ communities through the presentation of provocative and overlooked film, dance, theater, performance art, music, writing and visual art.