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Dayna Li

  • Actress
  • Director
  • Writer
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Dayna has directed 10+ narrative and documentary shorts which have been recognized by 60+ festivals, including La Femme, Fort Lauderdale International, Bushwick, Woods Hole, and Dam Short Film Festivals. Her film "Qafas" (2019) was nominated for a Student Short Jury Award at Austin Film Festival. Her films have been supported by the Zonta Club of Newport Harbor and the Dhont Family Foundation. She is a graduate of Chapman's MFA in film production, with an emphasis in directing.
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Aurora (2020)
    Aurora
    Short
    • Director
    • 2020
    Alexander Toledo, Dayna Li, Justine Senna, Kita Grayson, Brittany Roker, Xiao Wang, Yaping Zhen, and Bradley Steinbach in Dance and Deal (2018)
    Dance and Deal
    Short
    • Director
    • 2018
    Qafas (2019)
    Qafas
    Short
    • Director
    • 2019
    The Pretty People (2015)
    The Pretty People
    Short
    • Claire
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Nick Lovely in Worn Faces (2024)
      Worn Faces
      • Psychiatrist (from Lobster Tongue)
      • Paige (The Check In)
      • 2024
    • Nick Lovely in Lobster Tongue (2023)
      Lobster Tongue
      Short
      • Psychiatrist
      • 2023
    • Seeing Other People (2022)
      Seeing Other People
      Short
      • 2022
    • Nick Lovely in The Check In (2022)
      The Check In
      • Paige
      • 2022
    • Dhar Mann (2018)
      Dhar Mann
      4.1
      TV Series
      • College Student 7
      • Audience Member 7
      • Employee 1
      • 2021–2022
    • Nick Lovely in The Cookbook (2021)
      The Cookbook
      TV Series
      • Classmate
      • 2021
    • The Fentress Readings (2020)
      The Fentress Readings
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Dillon
      • 2021
    • Dayna Li in Hello (2019)
      Hello
      Short
      • Somebody
      • 2019
    • Kimberly Davis, Kripa Koshy, Lisa Hemmie, Ayden Skye, Mojtaba Mirshekari, Ai Chung, Phumi Morare, Christian Sullivan, and Arri Caviness in Home: A Story of Forced Adoptions in America (2019)
      Home: A Story of Forced Adoptions in America
      Short
      • Nurse #1
      • 2019
    • The Pretty People (2015)
      The Pretty People
      Short
      • Claire
      • 2015
    • Traci Paige Johnson in Blue's Clues: Arts & Crafts (1998)
      Blue's Clues: Arts & Crafts
      9.1
      Video
      • 1998
    • Penny Jewkes, Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery, Nick Balaban, Steve Burns, Jenna Marie Castle, Traci Paige Johnson, Spencer Kayden, Kelly Nigh, Michael Rubin, Donovan Patton, Cody Ross Pitts, Jonathan Press, Marshall Claffy, Stephen Schmidt, Julia Wetherell, and Corrine Hoffman in Blue's Clues (1996)
      Blue's Clues
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Steve's Friends
      • 1997

    Director

    • Down with You (2023)
      Down with You
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Aurora (2020)
      Aurora
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Sex Sells
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Qafas (2019)
      Qafas
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Alexander Toledo, Dayna Li, Justine Senna, Kita Grayson, Brittany Roker, Xiao Wang, Yaping Zhen, and Bradley Steinbach in Dance and Deal (2018)
      Dance and Deal
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Forgive Me (2017)
      Forgive Me
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Mommy (2016)
      Mommy
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • The Pretty People (2015)
      The Pretty People
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Alexander is a Legacy (2012)
      Alexander is a Legacy
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012

    Writer

    • Aurora (2020)
      Aurora
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Alexander Toledo, Dayna Li, Justine Senna, Kita Grayson, Brittany Roker, Xiao Wang, Yaping Zhen, and Bradley Steinbach in Dance and Deal (2018)
      Dance and Deal
      Short
      • writer
      • 2018
    • Mommy (2016)
      Mommy
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • The Pretty People (2015)
      The Pretty People
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2015

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