Lily Weisberg is a director/producer based in NYC.
Her short Rare Birds (2026) had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Festival. It was nominated for Best Live Action Short at the Raindance Film Festival. The film stars Zoe Zielger (Janet Planet, A24) and Tony Macht (Oh, Mary! on Broadway). Featured on Directors Notes & ShortStick’s Best of Tribeca lists.
Her film Working Summer (2024) was named one of NoBudge’s 2024 Films of the Year. It premiered in competition at the Montclair Film Festival and online with Director’s Notes.
Lily was awarded the Best Student Director Award at the Mystic Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize in Acting at the Yale Film Festival for her film Studio 210 (2021).
Alongside Michael Bloom, Lily is the co-founder of Modern Silent Shorts, an initiative that commissions contemporary silent films. In 2024 and 2025, the silent films screened with live, original musical accompaniment on Mama Farm in Bellport, Long Island. In 2026, the films and band toured around the Northeast. Lily and Michael have produced the 12 original silent films. Featured in The New York Times, NPR, and New York Magazine.
Her producing work includes: Lindsay Calleran’si’m really scared i’m dying tbh (Short of the Week Trailblazer Award, Palm Springs Shortfest, Nitehawk Audience Award), Chloe Xtina’s Of a Sexual Nature, and Sandy Honig’s The Weird Guy. Lily was the associate producer on Ellie Sachs' debut feature, Lucy Schulman, which premiered in Competition at the 2026 Tribeca Festival.
Art by: Leanne Shapton
