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Melvin "Mel" Damski (born July 21, 1946 in New York, New York) is an American director and producer of film and television.
Life and career
Mel Damski (born in New York, New York) is an American film director and film producer. Damski has Northern European Jewish heritage, one of four children of German refugee parents. Damski grew up in Roslyn, Long Island, 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 his long directing career, including 29 movies and scores of episodes, he has taught film and television at NYU, USC and AFI. He is also President of Lyrique Wine Company, a small family owned winery.
In 1998, Damski, along with Andrea Blaugrund, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for the film Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.
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'.
Damski's column "If I Ran The Zoo" runs every Wednesday in the La Conner Weekly News and a week later on his blog http://ifmelranthezoo.com
Selected filmography
- Long Journey Back (1978) (TV)
- M*A*S*H, episode 'Out of Gas' (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)
- 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 (2006-2014) (TV series)
- Legendary (2010)