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Lauren Sanchez’s Adventures in the Screen Trade

Jeff Bezos’s ambitious companion self-financed a film that secretly shot last summer and includes a cameo by Bezos’s ultra-private daughter, but crew defections turned a low-budget passion project into something far less hassle-free than buying undies on Amazon.

Lauren Sanchez has been quietly working on her first scripted film. It’s been quite the trial by fire.
Lauren Sanchez has been quietly working on her first scripted film. It’s been quite the trial by fire. Photo: Lionel Hahn/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
March 20, 2023

Have you ever had lunch with Lauren Sanchez? It’s a whirlwind of energy and ambition. I got the full experience in 2017, when Sanchez—a television news personality, helicopter pilot, and, at the time, wife of Endeavor executive chairman Patrick Whitesell—was trying to get attention for Black Ops Aviation, her company that helps film and TV productions on aerial shots. (It worked.)