Don Abernathy studied film making at the Hollywood Film Institute. After completing his certification, he spent a year in private classes with world renowned director Mark Travis (author of The Director's Journey). In 1999, Don wrote, directed, and produced his first short film "Naomi's Web", a psychological thriller shot on a Cannon XL1 digital camera for $500.00. This film so impressed a local d ...  show all 

Don Abernathy studied film making at the Hollywood Film Institute. After completing his certification, he spent a year in private classes with world renowned director Mark Travis (author of The Director's Journey). In 1999, Don wrote, directed, and produced his first short film "Naomi's Web", a psychological thriller shot on a Cannon XL1 digital camera for $500.00. This film so impressed a local distributor that it was picked up for distribution nation-wide in the United States in Hollywood Video stores. The rentals of Naomi's Web grossed over $2,000,000.00. The success of Naomi's Web allowed Don to secure an investor for his second film he also wrote, directed and produced in the year 2000 called "One Hell of a Day", a dramedy (Comedy and Drama) about three different sets of bank robbers who attempt to rob the same bank, on the same day, at the same time. This was Don's first SAG (Screen Actor's Guild) film which features actors Hawthorne James (The Five Heartbeats, Speed, Seven) and Meagan Good (Eve's Bayou, House Party IV, My Cousin Skeeter, Biker Boys, Deliver Us from Eva). One Hell of a Day was shot on a budget of $75,000.00 and is currently in post production. In 2001 he completed "Rhapsody". The film stars Glenn Plummer (Speed, Speed II, South Central), Freda Payne, Ice T (3000 Miles to Graceland), Judge Joe Brown, Ton Loc, Fred Williamson, Art Evans (Die Hard II, A Soldier's Story), and MC Hammer. His writing talents have gained the attention of notable actors and producers. He recently completed "Tournament of Dreams", a drama about an inner city high school girl's basketball team who struggle through great odds to reach a championship season starring Debbie Allen, Tony Todd (The Candy Man), Olympic legend Carl Lewis, and Rae'ven Larrymore Kelly (What's Love got to do with it, A Time to Kill), Houston (Capital/Priority recording artist with current hit "I Like That", and The Game.
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