Lauren Celinski currently serves as Vice President of Non-Fiction Programming for Lifetime and is responsible for developing and overseeing production of non-fiction projects for the network.

Prior to joining Lifetime in March 2017, Celinski was director of programming and development at E! where she was responsible for developing unscripted series and overseeing a robust development slate through all stages of production including series like Mariah’s World, So Cosmo, House of DVF, #RichKids of Beverly Hills and The Soup.

Previously, Celinski was manager of development at Discovery Channel, shepherding shows from development to production on series such as Shark After Dark, Game of Pawns, Alaskan Steel Men, Shipwreck Men and Hot Rod Rescue. Prior to Discovery, Celinski served as the director of Development at TGroup Productions developing original unscripted series such as Invention USA, Storage Hunters, Swamp Hunters, Mystery Diners and Poppped.  

Celinski attended Tish School of Arts in New York in Film, earning a BFA in Film and Television Production, with a minor in Producing.

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