Lauren Iungerich


Lauren Emily Iungerich is a writer, director and showrunner known for Awkward.

Early life

Iungerich was born in Los Angeles, California to social worker mother, Viola Iungerich, and attorney father, Russell Iungerich. She grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, graduating from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in 1992 and from Claremont McKenna College in 1996. The Palos Verdes area was the setting of Awkward.

Career

At the end of her junior year of college Iungerich began interning for Hollywood producers. She worked as an assistant to producer Arnold Kopelson on U.S. Marshals and A Perfect Murder, and worked in production. She wrote scripts for TV show pilots and had a film script optioned by Icon Productions. She was hired to the writing staff of ABC Family's 10 Things I Hate About You based on her play Love on the Line.
She has created some web content, My Two Fans, which she describes as being inspired by Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Iungerich created the MTV sitcom Awkward. She left the show after season three. That year she won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Cable Comedy". Since 2018 she has been the director, producer, and writer for the popular Netflix show On My Block.
Iungerich has an upcoming project called Couch Detective, an ABC hour long comedic mystery via Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. Television. Another upcoming project is called Tough Cookie, and is set up at ABC Family and will be a single camera comedy.

Filmography

Iungerich married music supervisor Jamie Dooner in 2012. They reside in Southern California with their two children Charlie and Fletcher.