Laura Boersma

A first generation Middle Eastern-Dutch American, Laura grew up all across Southern California with an aerospace engineer father and a mother who fled Israel during the Six-Day War. Laura earned a BFA in Communication Arts from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she met her filmmaking partner and husband John Stewart Muller.

After college, Laura and John started the acclaimed Santa Monica production company, Steele Films, creating hundreds of commercials, branded content, documentary shorts, and more for major clients such as Ford, Mattel, Acura, Coors Light, Alfa Romeo, Honda, MasterCard, Buick, AEG, and others. In 2012, they rebranded as Granfalloon Productions to focus on motion pictures, episodic series, and other long-form narrative production.

Laura co-wrote and produced the edgy and provocative romance Fling (internationally titled Lie to Me) starred Brandon Routh, Nick Wechsler, Ellen Hollman, and Courtney Ford. It was dubbed “One of the top 10 films of 2008” by Fox-TV movie critic Shawn Edwards and was released worldwide, garnering over 90 million views on YouTube alone. Laura also produced the romantic comedy Nesting starring Todd Grinnell, Ali Hillis, and Erin Gray which enjoyed a US theatrical release in 2012. In 2016, Laura co-wrote and produced the stylish thriller Indiscretion starring Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino, Cary Elwes, Christopher Backus, Katherine McNamara, and Melora Walters. It was acquired by A&E and Lifetime for worldwide release and is currently available on Netflix and numerous other streaming platforms. Most recently, Laura executive produced UPTV's 2020 holiday premiere A Ring For Christmas which was written up in Vanity Fair and stars Liliana Tandon, Dean Geyer, Lorraine Bracco, and Michael Gross.

Laura also produced numerous episodes of  Nickelodeon’s Orange Carpet Special Edition, working with celebrities like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Kevin Hart, John Cena, Jack Black, and more. Laura is a co-creator on the original comedy series, School Nurse, which received the jury award for best scripted sitcom at the Austin Film Festival and was an official selection of the New York Television Festival. Laura produced the award-winning Fox Sports documentary series, The Buick Human Highlight Reel, featured world-renowned athletes like Alan Page and Tamika Catchings. Laura also produced the Emmy nominated web series Prom Queen with Michael Eisner’s company Vuguru.

In 2016, Laura and John were awarded the prestigious honor of an Amtrak Writer’s Residency where they were given the opportunity to travel across America by train to focus on their writing.

In 2020 during the pandemic lockdown, Laura started the podcast “She’s History” where she interviews historians and authors who tell stories about famous women throughout history and their impact on our society today.

Laura is an avid photographer and collage artist. She is also an active member of  the Producer’s Guild of America, Women in Film, The National Association of Female Executives, and Film Independent of Los Angeles.

For more info, visit Granfalloon Productions at granfalloon.com

Laura on IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm2166994

She’s History Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shes-history/id1509084412

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-boersma-741b146/