Dominique Dauwe movie list

Born in Belgium, Dominique Dauwe started auditioning as a musician for theater productions while studying piano at The Jazz Studio in Antwerp. During the workshop of a Festival d'Avignon production, he found acting and moved to London to further his career as an actor. Volunteering his time at music programs in London's inner-city schools, he was introduced to Special Needs Education. Here, he shifted his career from the stage to music and sensory rooms around East London Schools, eventually committing to a Special Needs School in Bethnal Green. A teaching colleague introduced him to Jabberwocky, a Non-Profit for people with disabilities on Martha's Vineyard, MA. After years of volunteering at an off-shoot, The Cheshire Project in Venice, CA, he became part of Zeno Mountain Farm in Lincoln, VT. Here, he picked up acting again, encouraged by actor and director friends also volunteering at Zeno Mountain Farm, the subject of the Documentary by Michael Barnett, Becoming Bulletproof (2014). Committing to Los Angeles, he quickly landed parts in TV and film. Not too long after, he started producing and scoring. Together with Jamie Lee Curtis, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, and Amy Brenneman, he is an Executive Producer and musician on "Best Summer Ever"(2020), with cameos from Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Benjamin Bratt. "Best Summer Ever" was initially set to have its world premiere at the SXSW 2020 Film Festival until its cancellation due to the Coronavirus. This was the first time in history that SXSW was ever canceled, but "Best Summer Ever" won the Final Draft Screenwriters Award SXSW 2020. In 2022, together with Amanda Booth and Amy Brenneman, he served as Executive Producer on the history-making music video "What's Done Is Done", directed by Michael Parks Randa starring GLOBAL Quincy Jones Awardees Jamie Brewer (AHS) & Zachary Gottsagen (The Peanut Butter Falcon). "What's Done is Done" by the alt-country band Delta Spirit, had its World Premiere at SXSW2022 honoring World Down Syndrome Day.

Drowning

4.5United States2019Drama

Drowning is a slow burn psychological thriller where the lead character, Anna, uses wish fulfillment to break free from a cycle of abuse. Anna does not have the self-esteem needed to overcome the abuse she suffers in the real world, so she creates a new reality where she fights back. Anna is a prostitute who has been abused, exploited and manipulated for as long as she can remember. Disconnected from her emotions, Anna must take control of her own life, empower herself and learn to live her life on her own terms. Returning to her childhood home, Anna faces off against her enablers, her abusers, and her own demons.