Don DiPaolo

Don is an actor, writer, and producer. He works as a producer at Knife Edge Productions, an independent film and theatre production company. Don has worked in film, television and theatre. He created, wrote and starred in the comedic web-series "Guys in a Hot Tub Talking". Notable film credits include "Americana", which has been accepted into 18 film festivals, including the 2017 Madrid, Singapore and Moscow International Film Festivals and has won awards at the 2017 Global Shorts in Los Angeles and the 2017 New York City's Short Film Festival; "Opus of an Angel" which won 12 festival awards including Best Dramatic Film at the 2018 Hollywood Independent Reel Film and the 2018 IndieFEST Film Festival; and "The Butterfly Effect", which was directed by and stars veteran actor and martial artist, Michael Worth. Notable theatre credits include a revival of Stephen Belber's "Tape" at the June Havoc Theatre, the World Premiere of Julian Shephard's "Owned" at the TBG Theatre, The Seagull and Jekyll and Hyde. Don is based in LA and NY and is a graduate of the William Esper Studio where he studied with the legendary William Esper. Don is also an accomplished musician. Most notably, he was the drummer for Mach Five, a NYC Brit-Pop whose major label debut was with Island Records and who also wrote the theme song for the NBC show "Wind on Water" and performed on Penn and Teller's "Sin City Spectacular". Don is from Maple Shade, NJ.