Writer, Filmmaker
Daphne Joyce Wu is a Midwest-born and raised student writer, filmmaker, and actress studying Film & Media Studies and Economics at Yale University. She has directed four short films: drama Black Coffee (2024), comedy The Very Sad Tale of Gerald Humm (2024), rom-com Heartbreak Avenue (2023), and experimental Yin Yang (2023). Her films have received recognition internationally. Daphne just wrapped a feature comedy film for the Yale Symphony Orchestra's annual Halloween Show. She is writing her first coming-of-age feature, titled Perhaps in Another Life, and co-writing a second feature with her friend, Ellie Park, titled Anatomy of Loneliness.
As a FilmIndependent x HieronyVision fellow, Daphne looks forward to writing and directing her first micro-budget feature.
As a Film/TV fellow at the prestigious Emma Bowen Foundation and T. Howard Foundation, Daphne interned at Paramount this past summer in Los Angeles.
Black Coffee
two exes meet for the first time in a long time at a noisy coffee shop in brooklyn, nyc.
short film | 07:33
directed and edited by daphne joyce wu
written by abby asmuth
dp’d by bronwen pailthorpe
Frosh’d & Found
During the night of the Yale First Year Formal, four suite mates realize that their senior idols aren’t as cool as they thought.
feature-length film | 1:08:19
directed and edited by daphne joyce wu
The Very Sad Tale of Gerald Humm
after gerald humm gets broken up with by his girlfriend, he embarks on a quest with his best friend, Alfonso, to figure out why.
short film | 07:54
directed and edited by daphne joyce wu
color graded by bronwen pailthorpe
Heartbreak Avenue (2023)
directed by daphne joyce wu, in collaboration with aaliyah thomas | abby asmuth | abraham payne | adam calabresi | alicia yu | avery wayne | bronwen pailthorpe | ellie park | frederick van duyne | henry kupiec | madeleine keenan | lucy xiao | owen wilson | patricia joseph | thomasin schmults | william orr | zahra virani
Yin Yang
directed by daphne joyce wu, in collaboration with emma fusco | william orr | sasha semina
Shoulders (2024)
cinematography by daphne joyce wu, in collaboration with abby asmuth | abraham payne | adam calibresi | bronwen pailthorpe [director] | eli berliner | eve cohen | terri corigliano | thomasin schmults |
How to Mind Your Mother (2023)
cinematography by daphne joyce wu, in collaboration with abby asmuth | abraham payne | adam calabresi | antonia baudoin | bronwen pailthorpe [director] | eli berliner | eve cohen | harper love | linden skalak | robert gao | thomasin schmults
Roughly Seven Minutes (2023)
cinematography by daphne joyce wu, in collaboration with abby asmuth | bronwen pailthorpe [director] | lydia watt | kellina brennan
