Donnie is the Government Name

About Me

ABOUT ME:

I'm DONNIE LEAPHEART, the Co-founder of a Film Production Company in Atlanta. I write, direct and edit professionally and have a few films distributed nationwide.
HIT me up on YAHOO IM: DAFILMMAKER
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MY RECENT PROJECTS:
* An action/thriller with African American leads called, "The Cold Dish"
* A documentary that was packaged with singer Akon's last new album
* Producing/Writing/Directing/Editing a short film entitled "The Five Year Itch"
* A feature film with Paper Bag Films entitled, "Void"
*Editing the entire second season of BET-J's "Lyric Cafe" series
* Post-Production on a short film I wrote and produced entitled, "The Box"
* A Reality Series for Jazze Pha's Sho'Nuff Records called "All Access"
(featuring Lloyd, Cherish & Jody Breeze)
* A Reality Series for DJ Drama's The Aphilliates called "Blood, Sweat & Tears"
(Featuring DJ Don Cannon, Willie The Kid, Detroit Red, DJ Sense & La The Darkman)
* Various television shows for BET & BET-J
* A stand-up comedy film for the legendary comedian, Paul Mooney
* Music videos for Moondox Records and The Aphilliates Music Group
* Traveling to Trinidad and the Cayman Islands for ongoing BET Shows with Eric Benet & "Stomp The Yard" star Darrin Dewitt Henson!
* And many other projects in development!

MY MOVIES IN VIDEO STORES EVERYWHERE:
Our first film, JAIL PARTY , was released
in Video Stores nationwide in August 2005!

Our second film, THE WALK , was released
in Video Stores nationwide in September 2005!
You can still catch it airing on BET Networks as well!

The film I edited,
PAUL MOONEY:
KNOW YOUR HISTORY - JESUS IS BLACK...AND SO WAS CLEOPATRA
was released in Video Stores nationwide in February 2007!
It began airing on Showtime Networks this past November!

THE ILLEST ACTOR I EVER WORKED WITH...
A GOOD PERSON AND A GREAT FRIEND...
DARIUS TRULY
1981 - 2007

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Other creative individuals and seekers of knowledge. Fighters of the status quo...

Music:

IN MY DECK:

Got a copy of this just
when it was released.

Got the advance, still
copping official jawn
when its released.

The most talented
musician alive!

Can't get enough
of the BCC!

This album is amazing.

Movies:

I'm a filmmaker...need I say more...

Television:

Television is wack...Reality TV sux

Books:

Graphic Novels, George Pelacanos, Soul on Ice, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Great Gatsby (personal reasons), The Dictionary (I love having a large vocabulary), Anything by Walter Mosley (Easy Rawlins)...

Heroes:

My Mother, My Father, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Oscar Micheaux, Spike Lee, J Dilla, Darius Truly & The generations of people of color that lost their lives to build this country and make it possible for me to do what I do...

My Blog

C.B.M in Atlanta (10 Questions)

Answers to common questions about our NEW little film company doing big things. 1. Yes, I used to be in an Atlanta production company called Pyramid Pictures, LLC.2. Yes, we shut down shop on that com...
Posted by Donnie is the Government Name on Sun, 27 May 2007 10:46:00 PST

Pyramid Pictures in Atlanta (10 Questions)

Answers to common questions about our little film company doing big things. 1. Yes, we're a film & video production company based out of Atlanta. We dabble in movies, music videos, television show...
Posted by Donnie is the Government Name on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:01:00 PST

"The Cold Dish" in 16mm Film

Here are ten answers to questions about my follow-up feature film to "Jail Party". Shooting in Nov, it is entitled, "The Cold Dish" or as I like to call it: "My First REAL Movie".1. Yes, it will take ...
Posted by Donnie is the Government Name on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:45:00 PST

"Void" Film Shoot (10 Questions)

The latest film I had the opportunity to work on was a project called "Void". Just so there are no misunderstandings about this film, I decided to answer a few questions about the movie...1. Yes, the ...
Posted by Donnie is the Government Name on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:52:00 PST

"Jail Party" on DVD (10 Questions)

They say that if you don't know your history, you're doomed to repeat it. Well, in an effort to never repeat the missteps of our first official feature film, I'm now answering the 10 most common quest...
Posted by Donnie is the Government Name on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:08:00 PST

"The Walk" on BET (10 Questions)

Ain't it funny how something you created and moved on from THREE YEARS AGO can suddenly be exposed to a new group of people and ressurrect all kinds of ish? I got family I haven't talked to or seen ...
Posted by Donnie is the Government Name on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:02:00 PST