Dominic Spillane's background and education is as an actor. He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC and has performed primarily on stage in New York and Los Angeles. Dominic was inspired to write Falling Down based on the friendship between two young women close to him; emblematic of the unique and complex intimacy that women share only with other women.
Falling Down was Dominic's first film, but he has continued to direct and perform for the stage in Los Angeles, and will return to film as soon as the opportunity and inspiration presentitself.