Lauren Stein is Executive Vice President & Head of Creative Affairs for Sony Pictures Television. 

Elevated to this position in 2023, Stein oversees drama and comedy development, casting, international co-productions, and series in their first year of production across streaming, cable, and broadcast platforms. In her eleven years at Sony Pictures Television’s U.S. scripted studio, Stein has been influential in helping the studio build its drama development pipeline, diversify its talent portfolio, secure numerous deals, and expand the team with accomplished executives. Additionally, she played a pivotal role in signing current overall deals with Kelvin Yu, Keshet Media Group, Liz Hannah, Alex Cary, Dana Fox, Paul Grellong, Jessi Klein, and more.

Stein joined SPT as Senior Vice President of Drama Development in 2015 and was promoted to Executive Vice President of Drama Development in 2017. In this role, she has been instrumental in the development and production of SPT hits, including Pluribus from Vince Gilligan, which became Apple TV’s biggest drama series; The Boys; The Night Agent; The Good Doctor; The Wheel of Time; and Spider-Noir, starring Nicolas Cage.

Series developed under her leadership have collectively earned numerous Emmy Award nominations. With an eye for discovering material that continues to keep SPT ahead of the curve, Stein is currently working on a robust slate of upcoming projects, including American Hostage, inspired by the true story and starring Jon Hamm for MGM+, the adaptation of Liz Moore’s New York Times bestselling novel The God of the Woods for Netflix; the Untitled Alex Cary project starring Dakota Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård for Apple TV; God of War from executive producer Ronald D. Moore for Prime Video; The Boys prequel Vought Rising; Up to No Good, starring Glenn Close, for Channel 4; and I’m Not Here to Hurt You, starring Freddie Highmore, for Crave TV.

Stein joined SPT from Chernin Entertainment, where she was Senior Vice President of Drama Development. As one of the first employees at Peter Chernin’s new venture, Stein developed series such as Touch (written by Tim Kring and starring Kiefer Sutherland) on FOX, Terra Nova (co-produced with Steven Spielberg) on FOX, and Breakout Kings on A&E. Additionally, Stein developed and produced pilots for NBC, CBS, Showtime, FX, SYFY, and Lifetime.

Prior to Chernin, Stein served as Vice President of Drama Programming at Universal Media Studios. She began her television career at NBC, where she held several roles. While at the NBC Network, Stein headed up the Diversity Writer Program, where she worked with coalitions and showrunners to add underrepresented writers to their staff.

A native of Rockville, Maryland, Stein received a BA from the University of Delaware. She resides in Los Angeles.