Lily Daroff is a filmmaker whose experience spans development, production, casting, and directing. Her work has screened at festivals around the world, including the Cleveland International Film Festival. Her junior-year short film, Just A Girl, received the Best Short Film — Festival Award at the 2025 New York Short Film Festival.

Lily recently earned a BFA in Film and Television Production from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a Minor in Animal Studies. She further developed her directing practice through study at the National Film and Television School in London. She has interned at The Js Production Company, Gulfstream Pictures, and Fair Harbor Productions, and has cast more than ten NYU short films. For her thesis film, Margin of Innocence, she raised approximately $15,000.