Don Scimé wrote, produced and starred in the multi-award-winning feature film, THE DAVID DANCE (on Amazon and Dekkoo). The screenplay is part of the permanent core collection of the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Margaret Herrick Library).
28 Wins, 8 Wins for Best Picture and 40 plus film festivals.
WORLD PREMIERE: Cinequest Film Festival
WINNER: Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature Film - Tallgrass Film Festival
WINNER: Festival Favorite - Cinema Diverse, Palm Springs LGBT Film Festival
WINNER: Best Feature Film, LIIFE
WINNER: Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature Film - Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
WINNER: Best Picture - New Hope Film Festival
WINNER: Best Director - New Hope Film Festival
WINNER: LGBT Spirit Award - New Hope Film Festival
Other film & television credits include BLUE BLOODS (CBS), THE WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS (HBO), SMALL TIME directed by Niav Conty (Winner, BEST FEATURE FILM, Cinequest), PAPA VANYA and THE WILL (shot in Denmark). New York & regional theatre acting credits include: Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC Fringe Festival, The Living Theatre, Peterborough Players, Studio Theatre, D.C., Shadowland Theatre and AMIOS NYC. B.A.: Drama, SUNY, Geneseo. A graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Academy Company, he received the Charles Jelingher Award for Acting & The American Theatre Wing Scholarship. Member of AEA & SAG-AFTRA. Don taught acting, improvisation, film, playwriting and theatre arts at SUNY College at Geneseo, Sundog Theatre, Manhattan Youth, The Leadership Program, The Calhoun School and The Studio Arena Theatre. He proudly teaches theatre full time to high school students in the Bronx.