FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR

LAUREN FLEAY

CONSERVATION FILMMAKER

Lauren is a Western Australian filmmaker and producer whose fascination with documentary storytelling began as a child watching David Attenborough’s natural history films. After studying film from the age of 12, she went on to complete a Bachelor of Communications at Edith Cowan University, with a double major spanning Film and Television Production and Creative Technologies through WAAPA.

In 2011, Lauren began her professional career at National Geographic Channel, where she worked her way into the role of Promo Producer, producing more than 300 trailers for the National Geographic and Nat Geo WILD channels. She also worked as an Assistant Director and Production Assistant on the channel’s television commercials, collaborating closely with some of the industry’s leading natural history talent, including photographer and filmmaker Jason Edwards and presenters and filmmakers Ben Britton and Nick Saxon.

Lauren later founded her own independent production company, working across music, travel and factual storytelling. As a hands on filmmaker, she has developed, scripted, filmed and edited projects herself, while also working independently as a producer and editor.

Her work has included Nick Saxon’s Sherpa music video, created from archival footage captured in Nepal and at Mount Everest Base Camp, and editing projects for Scenic Tours’ Antarctic expeditions.

Throughout her career, Lauren has built long standing relationships with the people she works with, driven by genuine curiosity, trust and a belief that the strongest productions come from understanding and bringing together the different strengths of everyone involved. Her background in creative technologies and music has also shaped a strong appreciation for sound design and the role of music in creating emotional and immersive stories.

Lauren founded Wild Echo Films to bring these experiences together around a purpose that has become increasingly important to her: using filmmaking to make a meaningful difference.

Wild Echo Films is a conservation focused production company developing premium factual films and series in partnership with conservationists, scientists and filmmakers, with a business model designed to return financial and strategic value to the conservation work behind the stories.

Lauren’s ambition is to build a collaborative company where exceptional filmmakers, photographers and conservation practitioners can work together to tell extraordinary stories. From endangered species and groundbreaking science to environmental restoration, oceans, Indigenous led conservation and the people working on the frontline all while developing a new model for conservation storytelling that creates measurable real world impact.

At its heart, Wild Echo Films is built on a simple belief: the people working to protect our natural world deserve to have their stories told exceptionally well and the success of those stories should help sustain the work itself.

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