Lily Hayes Kaufman is a New York based filmmaker and NYSCA grantee. 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 co-wrote and directed INNARDS a series of shorts and 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) Iconic director Lloyd Kaufman, creator of “The Toxic Avenger,” and the Troma Team wage a punk-spirited battle championing independent art at Cannes. From Executive Producers Julie Corman & Roger Corman. Made with support from the New York State Council on The Arts (NYSCA.) WORLD PREMIERE July 31st, 2025 at Fantasia Film Festival, EUROPEAN PREMIERE October 10th, 2025 at Sitges Film Festival.
“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