David N. Donihue started his career as a Seattle College DJ at KGRG in 1991, midst the music and arts scene. He directed several films from age 11 to age 18 before writing and directing three plays and moving to Los Angeles. Upon arrival, Donihue wrote Parzania and was nominated for India's Film Fare Award for Best Picture. He followed it with his feature directing debut, the Choose Your Own Adventure film The Weathered Underground, distributed by Indican Pictures. Donihue next took on over 100 short films to be released as electronic dance and pop music videos for major labels, working with superstars such as KSI, Morbcheeba, Breathe Carolina, Cheat Codes, Thomas Gold, Blasterjaxx and Moguai. His "mini-movies of this era have amassed over 100 million views.