Daisy Friedman is a writer and director based in New York City. A multi-organ transplant recipient, she creates work that explores the intersections of tradition, intimacy, embodiment, and disability. Her short film Unholy (2024) premiered at Sundance 2025 before screening at SXSW. Her previous short, As You Are (2023), screened at prestigious film festivals such as Frameline, Inside Out, Outfest, and The Chicago International Film Festival. The film won multiple awards, including the U.S. Narrative Short Grand Jury Prize Special Mention at Outfest 2023, the NewFest35 Emerging Filmmaker Award, and the Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant. Daisy’s work has been featured in Deadline, Variety, The Advocate, and Out Magazine. She was a Winter/Spring resident at the Woodward Artist Residency, a 2025 New York Film Festival Artist Academy Fellow, and a 1in4 x Netflix Writers Program participant. She is currently a 2025–2026 UFO Filmmaker Lab participant. Daisy is a graduate of Barnard College’s Film Studies program.