The 411 Interview: Dominic Luongo Image Credit: Sara Manzella Dominic Luongo is a writer, director, producer, and actor who has been involved in the entertainment business, according to his IMDB page , since at least 2006. Luongo has appeared in such movies as Brevity (2010), Game Changers (2016), Widow’s Point (2019), Darkness Binds (2021), Guns of Eden (2022), and Unbillievable (2023), among others. Luongo’s latest movie is the horror/supernatural-comedy Couple in the Woods , which he also directed and is currently available to watch for free on Tubi (you can check it out here ).
In this interview, Luongo talks about starring and directing in Couple in the Woods , working with co-writer and co-star Sara Manzella, and more. ** Image Credit: Doom Lounge Productions Bryan Kristopowitz : Why did you want Couple in the Woods to be your first feature film as a director? Dominic Luongo : Fun fact: The very first feature-length movie I ever made was shot on the family camcorder using action figures voiced by my friends. I didn’t have a computer back then, so I had to edit the whole thing in my middle school’s creepy basement.
So yeah, everyone has to start somewhere—and I’ve been starting for nearly twenty years. I graduated from film school around 2004/05, eager to make a feature right away. But I also wanted to break into the business, and somewhere I took a left turn into acting, directed some music videos and shorts, and suddenly, it’s twenty years later and I fou.