Donald E. Reynolds

Donald Reynolds was born in Beacon,NY. He had an interest in super-hero comics from an early age, which evolved in to an interest is writing before he was a teenager. The more he read, researched and learned, the more he expanded his interest into teleplays, feature scripts and stage plays. While still a teenager he submitted numerous proposals to Marvel and DC comics,'Stephen J. Cannell Productions'and Paramount Pictures. He teamed with college friend,Lawrence S. Dickerson, to write and pitch screenplays. They obtained an agent and optioned a feature script "'Phobia_'", renamed "Clinical". The film had several key cast and crew roles filled and a budget of $10 million with location scouts on the ground in New Orleans when Hurrican Katrina hit. Eventually, the option lapsed after the production bounced around in search of new locations. Don & Larry produced a short film prequel, the last scene of the short would be the first scene in the feature script. Don considered himself a writer when he began filming, but by the time the shoot was over, he considered himself a filmmaker. In 2010, Don re-teamed with several of the cast and crew from 'Phobia'_ to shoot a film for The Clearwater Film Festival Film Challenge. He has continued making films since then. As of October 2013, he has directed 16 short films and produced over 25. He has had films play at over two dozen different film festivals and has had over 65 showings. Don is prepping a few short films while in early pre-production of a film to be shot in the Summer of 2014.