Daphane Handy Wants A Second Chance

Daphane Handy of Memphis, TN is a small business owner working towards a do-over.

"Had I known what I know now, I would have structured my mindset to be prepared for the ups and downs of the business world", Handy.

She is a 24 year old film director and DOP striving to make her impact in the world through cinematography. Her past work has reached the likings of Sean Combs, Christie Taylor and many more.

Handy is now preparing to release her first short film, which is still untitled at the moment, about her life thus far.

"I've had a pretty good life on paper. I was an Honor Roll student and received a full ride scholarship to University of Memphis. I had both of my biological parents in my life who were married and gave unconditional love and support. Yet, I still suffered through traumatic events. Events that society deemed 'irrelevant' and 'not that serious'. However, those events lead to a 5 year battle with severe anxiety, depression, suicide attempts and PTSD. Nothing about that is irrelevant and I want to reach out to the millions of people who suffer through these illnesses and need help but are shunned instead."

Starting her film career as Blu Dream Productions, at the age of 20, she acknowledges the many mistakes she's made. Handy reminisces back to times where she's let down her mentors and clients. She also notes of a major financial loss to her company when her laptop, containing thousands of dollars worth of footage, stopped working along with times where she simply couldn't deliver on time due to periods of battling depression and not knowing how to manage it all by herself.

One thing that Daphane Handy does want her followers and supporters to know, is to not make excuses when going through a mental illness. She urges people to reach out to a clinical professional, counselor, church member and friends for help. She wants to be the example of a girl who's endured much but is still fighting towards her dreams.

Release of her first short film is expected Fall 2017.

Directed By Daphane is a production company that offers film services from Daphane Handy and her team to fellow directors, future brides and other business owners.

Directed By Daphane will also be releasing their own collection of short films to distributed through YouTube, Vimeo and Netflix.

Directed By Daphane
5100 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38117
www.directedbydaphane.com
Press Contact:
Shay Wilson
(901) 300-5321

This release was published on openPR.