About
A boutique company with an appetite for the improbable.
Laurus creates cinematic, provocative, intelligent stories about altered states — emotional, spiritual, technological, political, or comic. Our work has aired on CBC, Radio-Canada, Discovery Channel, Corus, Canal D, Documentary Channel, and more.
Lori Braun — Owner, Executive Producer
Lori Braun
Lori Braun owns and operates Laurus Productions. She is a producer and writer with over 100 hours of television behind her, in genres ranging from sketch comedy to science to true crime.
She has written and directed top-rated Discovery series including A Stranger In My Home, Imposters, Fatal Vows and The Will. Her science credits include the Gemini-nominated Mars Rising and National Geographic's Naica: Secrets of the Crystal Cave.
On Prophet of Ecstasy she served as writer and executive producer.
The company
Our work explores consciousness, culture and science through cinematic stories that question how people transform, what they believe and how the world around them changes. Laurus is a premium documentary and scripted company with an instinct for the provocative, the intelligent and the unexpected. Based in Montreal, we produce for Canadian and international broadcasters.
Collaborators
Who we work with
Elias C. Varoutsos
Director
Director of Prophet of Ecstasy, with a background in psychology and film.
Karen Cho
Co-director · Writer
Award-winning documentarian working in Canadian social and political history.
Sergeo Kirby
Producer
Co-founder of Loaded Pictures and a long-time international co-production partner.
Broadcast partners
CBCRadio-CanadaDiscoveryCanal DCorusDocumentary ChannelTelefilm CanadaSODECCanada Media Fund