ABOUT

Daysia Leneé (she/her) is an educator, filmmaker, screenwriter, and director whose work centers the beauty of relationships and the emotionality of the human experience.

A 2021-2022 fellow of The Youth FX Upstate Arts2Work Fellowship, she created her first documentary Redi Love which premiered on season 14 of PBS’s TvFilm. Redi Love was also screened at The Big Eddy Film Festival in 2022 and Renaissance Black Film Fest in 2023. 

Through documentaries and narrative film, Daysia displays the beauty of bonds within life, especially within the Black experience. 

As an educator, Daysia engages with youth in teaching digital filmmaking while nurturing community building amongst young people. Daysia is a graduate of SUNY Albany, where she holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology with a double minor in Psychology and Film Studies.