---
name: "Lauren Hynek"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lauren-hynek"
fi1m_id: "lauren-hynek"
imdb_id: "nm4168262"
tmdb_id: 1689366
wikidata_id: "Q24284299"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:27:46.434648+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 Hynek

## Identity

Lauren Hynek

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lauren-hynek
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lauren-hynek
- **IMDb ID:** nm4168262
- **TMDB ID:** 1689366
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24284299
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24284299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4168262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1689366

Writer. Born 1 January 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1978
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24284299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4168262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1689366

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Mulan*](https://film.one/film/mulan-2020.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Lauren Hynek is a screenwriter. She frequently collaborates with Elizabeth Martin. The pair wrote a spec script for the live-action *Mulan* (2020), which was acquired by Disney; Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver also received screenplay credits on the film directed by Niki Caro.

Hynek and Martin met while at high school in Massachusetts and later moved into screenwriting. Their other credits include the story and screenplay for *Spellbound* (2024), as well as *Christmas Perfection* (2018) and *The Christmas Ball* (2020). They have served as co-chairs of the Committee of Women Writers at the Writers Guild of America West.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com, filminquiry.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mulan* (2020), Fi1m 54, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/mulan-2020.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Spellbound* (2024), Screenplay, Story
- *The Christmas Ball* (2020), Writer
- *Mulan* (2020), Screenplay — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/mulan-2020.md)
- *Boy Eats Girl: A Zombie Love Story* (2019), Screenplay
- *Christmas Perfection* (2018), Writer
- *Yes Chef*, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/lauren-hynek