Lily Hayes Kaufman is a New York based filmmaker. Her work has screened at the Museum of The Moving Image, the Utah Arts Festival and the Lower East Side Film Festival among others. Kaufman created the Web Series Rare Birds of Fashion which she developed as an original series for NBC. She has contributed to Huffington Post, Fangoria, A Women’s Thing, Forbes, World Policy and the DOA Horror Anthology. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America East and serves on the WGAE Awards Committee.
OCCUPY CANNES (2025)
(Feature Documentary, Post Production) Follows legendary filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team at the Cannes Film Festival and reveals a vibrant subculture at the intersection of artistic expression, grassroots activism and the mainstream film industry.
“Queens of Daytime” ; Director; Written by Louise Shaffer and Jen Ponton. Produced by Jackie Schwartz. Besties Make Movies.
“Irritable Becca Syndrome: The Inseminette”; Director
“Exorcisers”; Co-Executive Producer; City Goat Productions
“Rare Birds of Fashion”; Writer, Director. Saturday Candy Productions; Jackie Schwartz
“Cyrus the Good” Aspiring standup comedian, Cyrus, resolves to reconnect with his Persian roots while lying to his parents about dropping out of med school to pursue a career in comedy.
Co-Director. City Goat Productions
“SafeSpacia”
Director, Troma Entertainment
“Bike Desk”
Writer, Director. Saturday Candy Productions; Jackie Schwartz
“Shae and Bae”
Director. for Living Through The Lens Productions