---
name: "Lauren Gurganous"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lauren-gurganous"
fi1m_id: "lauren-gurganous"
imdb_id: "nm4137632"
tmdb_id: 1458555
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:22:03.067137+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lauren Gurganous

## Identity

Lauren Gurganous

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lauren-gurganous
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lauren-gurganous
- **IMDb ID:** nm4137632
- **TMDB ID:** 1458555
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4137632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1458555

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2006–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Claire Cowperthwaite](https://film.one/person/claire-cowperthwaite.md), [Don Scardino](https://film.one/person/don-scardino.md), [Dylan Morgan](https://film.one/person/dylan-morgan.md), [Gail Mancuso](https://film.one/person/gail-mancuso.md), [Jack Burditt](https://film.one/person/jack-burditt.md), [Jane Krakowski](https://film.one/person/jane-krakowski.md), [Jeff Richmond](https://film.one/person/jeff-richmond.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4137632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1458555

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*30 Rock*](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) (86)
- **Netflix:** [*Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lauren Gurganous is a television writer and producer. She began working on *30 Rock* as a writers assistant in 2010–2012 and wrote the 2012 episode 'Nothing Left to Lose'.

She has written multiple episodes of *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015–2019), *Girls5eva* (2021–2022) and *Mr. Mayor* (2022), and has held producer roles including supervising producer on *Girls5eva* and co-producer on *Mr. Mayor*.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Girls5eva* (2021), series, Writer
- *Mr. Mayor* (2021), series, Writer
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)

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