Donal Lardner Ward

About Donal Lardner Ward

Ward entered show business as a production assistant in L.A. A few years later, he returned to NYC where he worked as a bartender and co-founded the West End Theater Group. After his feature acting debut in Whit Stillman's engaging indie "Metropolitan" (1989), Ward teamed up with actor-screenwriter Eric Schaeffer to write "Turnaround". Shot for $40,000 in 15 days, the film follows the adventures of Ward and Schaeffer as they look for love and film financing in the big city. The film opened to warm reviews at the 1993 San Francisco Film Festival.

Education

Hunter College, New York , New York

Career Milestones

Raised in Manhattan

Returned to New York; co-founded the West End Theater Group

Worked as a production assistant

1985

Moved to Los Angeles

1990

Made feature acting debut in a bit role in "Metropolitan"

1994

Feature debut (as director, writer and producer with Eric Schaeffer), "My Life's in Turnaround"

1995

Co-created, produced, wrote and starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom "Too Something/New York Daze"

1999

Scripted and helmed the ensemble comedy "The Suburbans"; also co-starred