Daniela Schrier Kafshi is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker with a soft spot for renegades and rabble rousers. Her provocative short film, LADYBUG, has screened internationally, won a Best Drama award and landed her a Best Director prize.
Currently, Daniela is in post-production on THE MAYFLOWER, a feature film she produced with director Nick Sandow, featuring Michael Imperioli, and working on several writing projects including dystopian love story, DREAM DATE, and a female-driven contemporary Western, RIDING HIGH.
Previously, she produced FALL TO RISE, a feature film starring Daphne Rubin-Vega and Desmond Richardson, and directed the award-winning play JULIE, PAUL AND JACK at The Chain. Her short documentary chronicling the fate of Deno’s Wonder Wheel following Hurricane Sandy was nominated for an International Media Excellence award and TAILGATERS, a travelog for VICE she produced, received a Webby nod in 2024. Her previous short, THE SHOWDOWN, in which a bullied boy harnesses the power of the Art of War, premiered at HollyShorts.
As an alumna of The Black List x Women in Film Episodic Writing Lab, she honed her skills with mentorship from leading female creators. She is a mother to two sons, the owner of a full-service NYC production company, and a terrific whistler.
Daniela is managed by Chris Coggans at Heroes & Villains Entertainment.