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
WINNER: Best Screenplay - NOVA Fest
WINNER: Best LGBT Film - NOVA Fest
WINNER: Best Actor (Runner Up) - NOVA Fest
WINNER: Distinctive Achievement, Best Actor, Wild Rose Film Fest
WINNER: Distinctive Achievement, Best Screenplay, Wild Rose Film Fest
Other film & television credits include BLUE BLOODS (CBS), THE WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS (HBO), SMALL TIME directed by Niav Conty (Winner, BEST FEATURE FILM, Cinequest) and THE WILL (shot in Denmark). New York & regional theatre acting credits include: Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC Fringe Festival, The Living Theatre, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (Peterborough Players), NIGHTHAWKS (Studio Theatre, D.C.), STOP KISS (Shadowland Theatre), Constantine in THE SEA GULL & The Actor in THE LOWER DEPTHS (Theatre Row). 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.