David N. Donihue

David N. Donihue (David Nelson Donihue, b. April 25, 1974) is an American writer, director and actor. His writing has been mentioned by IndieWire[1] Variety[2] and as a director he is frequently interview by the magazines including 1.4 and Movie Maker Magazine. As a writer/director, his feature films such as Parzania and The Weathered Underground have been internationally distributed his recent mini-movies for Spinnin/Universal, Armada and others are viewed by many. Writer Kelly Hughes wrote in The Huffington Post[3]"Donihue's work is not superficial. It shocks.. It excites... It demands social change"

David N. Donihue
Born
David Nelson Donihue

(1974-04-25) April 25, 1974
Spokane, Washington, United States
Other namesDavid Donihue
David N. Donihue
Occupationfilm director, producer, screenwriter, playwright, composer, actor poet
Years active1985 - present

Early years

Donihue was born in rural Eastern Washington, raised in Auburn, Washington. He started writing plays that were performed for 45 cents in his back yard and local parks when he was as young as seven. His first film was made when he was eleven, utilizing a rented video camera and two borrowed VCR's with stereo cables. His father was a pastor. His mother, Anita Corrine Donihue, was a special education teacher who later became a well known Christian Devotional author.[4][5]

By his mid teens, Donihue was writing feature length plays. During these years, Donihue began to work graveyard shifts at a local college radio station, KGRG-FM, as an overnight DJ.[6]

There, he became obsessed with experimental music and film, and directed a series of student films. These included Anthony's Apocalypse and Inside Anthony's World.[7] During this era, at age 18, he wrote Hold My Hand & Tell Me I'm Not Insane, a comedy-drama about a young playwright whose scripts follow his life, yet later dictate it. The play was produced in Seattle with its premiere at the Scottish Rite Hall on Capitol Hill.

During his early twenties, Donihue wrote, directed, acted in and produced several independent plays within the northwest including Hey Baby Do Ya Wanna Come Back To My Place and Justify My Existence, and another pop psychology comedy Brain Aches And The Quest For Redemption Of A Telephone Psychic as well as the forty-minute short film Love Me Tender, Pay Me Well.

In 1999 Donihue began performing under the stage name Punko and released an indie album titled The Day Bob Went Electric.

Professional life

The English language thriller, based on the true story of the Gujarat Riots of 2002, which was initially banned in India, incited protests and bomb threats, and later garnered praise from The New York Times, Variety, and Indiewire.[8] It was shown in New York as part of the Museum of Modern Arts' India Now film exhibition.[9] Donihue was nominated for Filmfare Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Story for Parzania. The film won the Screen Gem Award for Best Picture.

In 2010, Donihue's four and a half hour interactive choose-your-own adventure film The Weathered Underground was released by Indican starring Heroes Brea Grant. The comic book inspired picture went on to become a small cult classic and is now shown as part of curriculum at many of the world's best film schools. In 2017, Donihue directed another socially driven action comedy, The Bang Brokers.[10] In 2015 - 2017 Donihue wrote and directed several mini-movies for major brands and dance labels including SOLDIER, DON'T WAIT, GIMME SOME MORE, A LIFETIME AWAY and AGE OF INNOCENCE.[11]

His writing has been commented on by the Los Angeles Times,[12] and as a director he is frequently interview 1.4 and Movie Maker Magazine.[13]

Filmography

YEARPROJECTCREDITSTYPENOTES
1985THE DESTRUCTION OF THORWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORSHORT FILM(Age 11)
1985COMPUTER CHIPWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORSHORT FILM(Age 11)
1987RAMPAGEWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORSHORT FILM(Age 11)
1989GAMESWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORSTAGE
1992ANTHONY'S APOCALYPSEWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORSHORT(SHORT FILM 20 MIN)
1993INSIDE ANTHONY'S WORLDWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORSHORT(SHORT FILM 22 MIN)
1994LOVE ME TENDER, PAY ME WELLWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORSHORT FILM(SHORT FILM 30 MIN)
1995WHEN YER 22WRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORSHORT FILM(60 MIN)
1995HOLD MY HAND & TELL ME I'M NOT INSANEWRITER / DIRECTORPLAY
1997HEY BABY, DO YA WANNA COME BACK TO MY PLACE & JUSTIFY MY EXISTENCEWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORPLAY
1998BRAIN ACHES & THE QUEST FOR REDEMPTION OF A TELEPHONE PSYCHICWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORPLAY
1999THE GIRLS OF BIPOLAR DISORDERWRITER / DIRECTORSHORT FILM
1999PUNKOTOUGH SKINSWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
1999THE PINEHUST KIDS - ONCELERWRITER / DIRECTOR
1999PUNKOTHE DAY BOB WENT ELECTRICPERFORMER / WRITERALBUM
1999PUNKOTHE DAY BOB WENT ELECTRICPERFORMER / WRITERSTAGE / MULTIMEDIA SHOW
2000THE HUMANITY EXPERIMENTWRITER / DIRECTORFEATURE FILM
2000THE STANDARD - UNNAMEDDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2000THE PINK SNOWFLAKES - GAS STATION IN THE SKYDIRECTOR
2002PUNKO - WHY DON'T WEWRITER / DIRECTOR PERFORMERMUSIC VIDEO
2002PUNKO -THE ANTHEMSWRITER / PERFORMERALBUMExample
2002PUNKOHOLY SONWRITER / DIRECTOR / PERFORMMUSIC VIDEO
2003HEAT WAVEWRITER / DIRECTORSHORT FILM45 minutes
2003ANDREW SHERMAN VEHICLE - ROBOT VIDEOWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2007PARZANIAWRITER / PRODUCERFEATURE FILM
2007DOCUMENTARY - THE TREE OF LIFEWRITER / EDITOR / ANIMATIONFEATURE FILM
2007THE LASHES - THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOODDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2007SIRENS SISTER - SHOULD'VE KNOWNDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2007ROCKET - COUGAR RUSHDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2007AARON MANINOTHE PRESENT MOMENTDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2010THE WEATHERED UNDERGROUNDWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTOR / COMPOSERFEATURE FILM4 12-hour live action interactive break up saga inspired by the choose your own adventure books
2012CHASING DEATH WITH A PENCHANT FOR THE PRIMITIVE SALVATIONWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORPLAYWould later become basis for Feature Film - The Bang Bang Brokers
2012MAR MAR - ICE CREAMWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2012RICK SHAFFER - ONE MORE HEART ACHEWRITER/ DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2014MARC FORD - BLUE SKIESWRITER / DIRECTOR / FXMUSIC VIDEO
2014THE BANG BANG BROKERSWRITER / DIRECTOR / ACTORFEATURE FILM
2014THE PRINCIPAL - SHOCK TO THE SYSTEMWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2014BIPOLAR JUNCTION - DOPINGWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2014SANDYNORMAL LIFEDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2014SANDYBREAKING HIM OUTDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2014ALEXIKINGSTON BLUEDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO
2015KRYSTA YOUNGS - XANAX: A LOVE SONGWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2015THOMAS GOLD, HARRISON & HIIO - TAKE ME HOMEWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2015JOHN DAHLBACK - RAVENWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2015NIGHT SAFARI - DAYLIGHT TO MIDNIGHTWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2015HOLD ONWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2015JOHN DAHLBACK - ATLANTISWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2015ELEPHANTE ft RUMORS - I WANT YOUWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2015MARK SIXMA & ANDREW RAYEL - CHASEDWRITER / DIRECTORMINI-MOVIE
2016RUSLAN SIROTA - A LIFETIME AWAYWRITER / DIRECTORMINI-MOVIE
2016BLASTERJAXX AND BREATHE CAROLINA - SOLDIERWRITER / DIRECTORMINI-MOVIE
2016BOBBY PUMA - DEEPER THAN LOVEWRITER / DIRECTORMINI-MOVIE
2016KO:YU - DON'T WAITWRITER / DIRECTORMINI-MOVIE
2016RICK SHAFFER - GOIMNG DOWN SLOWWRITER / DIRECTORMINI-MOVIE
2015ELEPHANTE ft RUMORS - I WANT YOUWRITER / DIRECTORMUSIC VIDEO - SHORT FILM
2016KONIH - GIMME SOME MOREWRITER / DIRECTORMINI-MOVIE
2017KSI - TRANSFORMINGDIRECTORMUSIC VIDEOSHORT FILM

Personal life

Donihue lives in Los Angeles, California. He continues to direct a large number of music videos and short form media.

References

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