Mel Damski
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| Mel Damski | |
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| Born | July 21, 1946 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film/television director, producer |
Melvin "Mel" Damski (born July 21, 1946 in New York, New York) is an American director and producer of film and television.
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[edit] Life and career
Damski was born in Manhattan, New York and is of Russian Jewish heritage. He has two brothers and one sister. Damski grew up in New York and attended Colgate University on a football scholarship. He was a reporter for Long Island Newsday before moving to Los Angeles to attend the American Film Institute in 1972.
Currently Damski is the Producing-Director of "Psych" in addition to a teacher of film and television at NYU. He is also president of Lyrique Wine Company, a small family-owned winery.
In 1998, Damski was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary, and short subjects for the film Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies which was made in 1997. He shared it with Andrea Blaugrund.
In 1981, Damski was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding directing in a drama series for the film American Dream.
In 1979, Damski was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding directing in a drama series for the television series Lou Grant (1977) for the episode 'Murder'.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Long Journey Back (1978) (TV)
- Lou Grant (1977-1978) (TV series)
- A Perfect Match (1980) (TV)
- Word of Honor (1981) (TV)
- American Dream (1981) (TV)
- For Ladies Only (1981) (TV)
- Yellowbeard (1983)
- Attack on Fear (1984) (TV)
- Mischief (1985)
- Badge of the Assassin (1985) (TV)
- The Three Kings (1987) (TV)
- Happy Together (1989)
- Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989) (TV)
- The Girl Who Came Between Them (1990) (TV)
- Blood River (1991) (TV)
- Class of '96 (1993) (TV series)
- Picket Fences (1992-1993) (TV series)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994) (TV series)
- Harts of the West (1994) (TV series)
- Chicago Hope (1994) (TV series) (unknown episodes)
- American Gothic (1995) (TV series) (unknown episodes)
- Nowhere Man (1996) (TV series)
- Early Edition (1996) (TV series) (unknown episodes)
- The Care and Handling of Roses (1996) (TV)
- Their Second Chance (1997) (TV)
- Pacific Palisades (1997) (TV series)
- Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (1997)
- Vengeance Unlimited (1998) (TV series)
- The Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998-1999) (TV series)
- Ally (1999) (TV series) (unknown episodes)
- The Practice (1998-2000) (TV series)
- Boston Public (2000) (TV series)
- Titans (2000) (TV series)
- The Clark Family (2001) (TV)
- Ally McBeal (1997-2001) (TV series)
- The Tick (2002) (TV series)
- The Guardian (2002) (TV series)
- Everwood (2003) (TV series)
- Without a Trace (2003) (TV series)
- 1-800-Missing (2003) (TV series)
- Judging Amy (2003) (TV series)
- Kevin Hill (2004) (TV series)
- Point Pleasant (2005) (TV series)
- Boston Legal (2004-2005) (TV series)
- Charmed (1999-2006) (TV series)
- Las Vegas (2006) (TV series)
- Beautiful People (2006) (TV series)
- The Wedding Bells (2007) (TV series)
- Psych (2006-2010) (TV series)
- Legendary (2010)
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