Daphne Joyce Wu graduated cum laude in Film & Media Studies and Economics at Yale University. Daphne is in post-production for her feature thriller film titled Lux et Veritas, and is completing her historical feature screenplay, Under the Ginkgo Trees, as her Yale thesis. She received a Parker Huang Postgraduate Fellowship to direct a feature documentary on the Chinese diaspora in Los Angeles.
Daphne is a fellow at FilmIndependent x HieronyVision, Emma Bowen Foundation, and The Gotham. She has worked at William Morris Endeavor, United Talent Agency, Paramount, ACE Entertainment, Toluca Pictures, Gracie Films and Lionsgate.
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, co-starring cameron jones
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
Heartbreak Avenue
a first year student at yale falls in love and gets her heart broken the very next day.
short film | 22:51
directed and edited by daphne joyce wu
produced by abby asmuth
dp’d by bronwen pailthorpe
Shoulders (2024)
cinematography by daphne joyce wu
directed by bronwen pailthorpe
How to Mind Your Mother (2023)
cinematography by daphne joyce wu
directed by bronwen pailthorpe
Roughly Seven Minutes (2023)
cinematography by daphne joyce wu
directed by bronwen pailthorpe
