Born in 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, Lauren Greenfield is an American artist, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in visual and environmental studies. She worked as a photojournalist for various prestigious magazines. Greenfield has received many honors and prizes for her photographs and documentary films. The Queen of Versailles (2012) won the Directing Award in the documentary competition of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, while Generation Wealth (2018) was screened in the Panorama section of the 68th Berlinale, among others.