Daphne Joyce Wu is a Midwest-born and raised writer, filmmaker, and actress. She is studying Film & Media Studies at Yale University. She has directed four short films: a drama, Black Coffee (2024), a comedy The Very Sad Tale of Gerald Humm (2024), a romantic comedy Heartbreak Avenue (2023), and an experimental piece Yin Yang (2023). Daphne recently directed Yale’s biggest show of the year in collaboration with the Yale Symphony Orchestra, Frosh’d & Found, guest-starring Laufey, about a group of first-year students who, during the First Year Formal, realize that their senior idols aren’t as cool as they thought.