[citation needed] As a writer/director, his feature films such as Parzania and The Weathered Underground have been internationally distributed his recent mini-movies for Spinnin/Universal, Armada and others are viewed by many.
During these years, Donihue began to work graveyard shifts at a local college radio station, KGRG-FM, as an overnight DJ.
During his early twenties, Donihue wrote, directed, acted in and produced several independent plays within the northwest including Hey Baby Do Ya Wanna Come Back To My Place and Justify My Existence, and another pop psychology comedy Brain Aches And The Quest For Redemption Of A Telephone Psychic as well as the forty-minute short film Love Me Tender, Pay Me Well.
The English language thriller, based on the true story of the Gujarat Riots of 2002, which was initially banned in India, incited protests and bomb threats, and later garnered praise from The New York Times, Variety, and Indiewire.
[citation needed] In 2010, Donihue's four and a half hour interactive choose-your-own adventure film The Weathered Underground was released by Indican starring Heroes Brea Grant.
[10] In 2015 - 2017 Donihue wrote and directed several mini-movies for major brands and dance labels including SOLDIER, DON'T WAIT, GIMME SOME MORE, A LIFETIME AWAY and AGE OF INNOCENCE.