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Mel Damski

Born July 21, 1946 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA41 films

Melvin Damski (born July 21, 1946 in New York, New York) is an American director and producer of film and television.

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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 AFI Conservatory in 1972.

Damski was 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.

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Christmas Getaway posterFirst watchChristmas Getaway20177.0When a reservation mix-up at a mountain resort forces a newly-single travel writer to share a cabin with a handsome widower and his precocious daughter over the holidays, their lives are…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Mischief poster6.7Mischief1985Legendary poster6.5Legendary2010My Favorite Wedding poster6.9My Favorite Wedding2017Journey Back to Christmas poster6.5Journey Back to Christmas2016Yellowbeard poster5.6Yellowbeard1983Coming Home for Christmas poster6.6Coming Home for Christmas2017Happy Together poster5.9Happy Together1989Moonlight in Vermont poster6.1Moonlight in Vermont2017

Filmography

41 films as director
  1. TBALove on a CanvasDirector
  2. 2018Homegrown ChristmasDirector
  3. 2018Darrow & Darrow: Body of EvidenceDirector
  4. 2018Garage Sale Mysteries: The Mask MurderDirector
  5. 2018Love at SeaDirector
  6. 2018Darrow & Darrow: In The Key Of MurderDirector
  7. 2017Christmas GetawayDirector
  8. 2017Coming Home for ChristmasDirector
  9. 2017My Favorite WeddingDirector
  10. 2017Moonlight in VermontDirector
  11. 2016Journey Back to ChristmasDirector
  12. 2016Love on a LimbDirector
  13. 2010LegendaryDirector
  14. 1997Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs FolliesDirector
  15. 1997Their Second ChanceDirector
  16. 1996The Care and Handling of RosesDirector
  17. 1992Wild CardDirector
  18. 1992Back to the Streets of San FranciscoDirector
  19. 1991Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley StoryDirector
  20. 1991Shoot First: A Cop's VengeanceDirector
  21. 1991Blood RiverDirector
  22. 1990The Girl Who Came Between ThemDirector
  23. 1989A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtDirector
  24. 1989Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClureDirector
  25. 1989Happy TogetherDirector
  26. 1987The Three KingsDirector
  27. 1987Murder by the BookDirector
  28. 1986Hero in the FamilyDirector
  29. 1986A Winner Never QuitsDirector
  30. 1985MischiefDirector
  31. 1985Badge of the AssassinDirector
  32. 1984Attack on FearDirector
  33. 1983YellowbeardDirector
  34. 1983An Invasion of PrivacyDirector
  35. 1981For Ladies OnlyDirector
  36. 1981American DreamDirector
  37. 1981Word of HonorDirector
  38. 1980A Perfect MatchDirector
  39. 1980The Legend of Walks Far WomanDirector
  40. 1979The Child StealerDirector
  41. 1978Long Journey BackDirector