LORI KAYE
Writer/Director/Producer/Showrunner
Lori produced and directed the Emmy-winning documentary KEVYN AUCOIN Beauty & The Beast In Me.
Lori’s career includes work in documentary, unscripted television; stand up comedy, theatre, journalism and film. She has a deep love for story and comedy and prides herself on being able to take any subject matter and create a compelling audience experience from concept to completion.
Kaye’s extensive career as a showrunner and executive producer includes Arranged, a docuseries about arranged marriage in America for FYI Network, Bravo’s Work Out which she developed from concept, Kathy Griffin: My Life on The D List and First Class All The Way also for Bravo, The Real Skinny, a documentary special for TLC and the docuseries Curl Girls also for LOGO...
LORI KAYE
Writer/Director/Producer/Showrunner
Lori produced and directed the Emmy-winning documentary KEVYN AUCOIN Beauty & The Beast In Me.
Lori’s career includes work in documentary, unscripted television; stand up comedy, theatre, journalism and film. She has a deep love for story and comedy and prides herself on being able to take any subject matter and create a compelling audience experience from concept to completion.
Kaye’s extensive career as a showrunner and executive producer includes Arranged, a docuseries about arranged marriage in America for FYI Network, Bravo’s Work Out which she developed from concept, Kathy Griffin: My Life on The D List and First Class All The Way also for Bravo, The Real Skinny, a documentary special for TLC and the docuseries Curl Girls also for LOGO. Other television credits include competition series Blush: The Search for the Next Great Makeup Artist on Lifetime and American Princess for NBC and WE.
But, Kaye’s first love has always been the theater. A graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Kaye began her career as an actor in off-off-Broadway and regional plays and musicals. Her career as a professional stand-up comic spanned twelve years, scores of comedy clubs, being a regular at LA’s Comedy Store as well as numerous television appearances. Directed by lifelong friend Joel Paley, (Ruthless, The Musical,) as a solo performer, Lori appeared at top cabaret venues in New York including The Duplex, Eighty-Eights, The Trocadero and Upstairs at Greene Street.
As a writer, her semi-autobiographical play, the comedy Girls Room, had its world premiere at the Imagined Life Theater in Los Angeles. The play received rave reviews and had a five-month sold out run. Lori was also a regular contributor to The Advocate. Her play Bagel Principle has received several successful readings and was named a semi-finalist at The Garry Marshall Theater New Works Festival in 2021.
Lori formed Putti Media with Leslie Thomas in 2007 to develop projects for TV, film and theater. She is currently developing several documentaries, scripted and unscripted projects comedy with partner Leslie.
Representation – David Kirsch, United Talent Agency
https://www.puttimedia.com / https://www.kevynaucoindocumentary.com