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Mel Damski(I)

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Mel Damski
Mel Damski has directed dozens movies and hundreds of hours of series television, from M*A*S*H (1972) to Boston Legal (2004) to Psych (2006) and _Scorpion_. For the past several years he served as the producer/director of Psych (2006) for USA network.

He has been nominated for an Oscar, two Emmy Awards and earned a Christopher Award for Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989).

A graduate of the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies, Mel has taught at AFI, USC and the Tisch School at NYU. He is the founder of Cascadia Film Workshops, which launched in June, 2014 on the campus of Western Washington University.

A former Newsday reporter, Mel writes a column, If I Ran The Zoo, which was recently awarded first place by the Washington Newspaper Publisher's Association. His columns can be found at IfMelRanTheZoo.com.

Mel is a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Director's Guilds of America and Canada.
BornJuly 21, 1946
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 3 nominations total

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    Dulé Hill and James Roday Rodriguez in Psych (2006)
    Psych
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Edward Asner in Lou Grant (1977)
    Lou Grant
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (1997)
    Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
    7.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1997
    American Dream (1981)
    American Dream
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director



    • Homegrown Christmas (2018)
      Homegrown Christmas
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Tom Cavanagh and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in Darrow & Darrow: Body of Evidence (2018)
      Darrow & Darrow: Body of Evidence
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Garage Sale Mystery: The Mask Murder (2018)
      Garage Sale Mystery: The Mask Murder
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Alexa PenaVega and Carlos PenaVega in Love at Sea (2018)
      Love at Sea
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Wendie Malick, Tom Cavanagh, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in Darrow & Darrow: In the Key of Murder (2018)
      Darrow & Darrow: In the Key of Murder
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Travis Van Winkle and Bridget Regan in Christmas Getaway (2017)
      Christmas Getaway
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Danica McKellar and Neal Bledsoe in Coming Home for Christmas (2017)
      Coming Home for Christmas
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Maggie Lawson and Paul Greene in My Favorite Wedding (2017)
      My Favorite Wedding
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Lacey Chabert and Carlo Marks in Moonlight in Vermont (2017)
      Moonlight in Vermont
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Tom Skerritt, Oliver Hudson, and Candace Cameron Bure in Journey Back to Christmas (2016)
      Journey Back to Christmas
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Marilu Henner, Ashley Williams, and Trevor Donovan in Love on a Limb (2016)
      Love on a Limb
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Scorpion (2014)
      Scorpion
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2016
    • Debra Messing in The Mysteries of Laura (2014)
      The Mysteries of Laura
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Working the Engels (2014)
      Working the Engels
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Dulé Hill and James Roday Rodriguez in Psych (2006)
      Psych
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006–2014

    Producer



    • Wendie Malick, Tom Cavanagh, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in Darrow & Darrow: In the Key of Murder (2018)
      Darrow & Darrow: In the Key of Murder
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Maggie Lawson and Paul Greene in My Favorite Wedding (2017)
      My Favorite Wedding
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Dulé Hill and James Roday Rodriguez in Psych (2006)
      Psych
      8.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2006–2014
    • Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (1997)
      Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
      7.4
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 1997
    • Picket Fences (1992)
      Picket Fences
      7.8
      TV Series
      • senior producer
      • 1996
    • Sweet Justice (1994)
      Sweet Justice
      6.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 1995
    • Wild Card (1992)
      Wild Card
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1992
    • Blood River (1991)
      Blood River
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1991
    • The Three Kings (1987)
      The Three Kings
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1987
    • The Hope Division
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1987
    • Peter Brocco in The Lost Phoebe (1974)
      The Lost Phoebe
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1974

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Cover Girl Models (1975)
      Cover Girl Models
      4.3
      • second unit director
      • 1975
    • Pat Anderson, Barbara Peil, Rhonda Hopkins, and Candice Rialson in Summer School Teachers (1975)
      Summer School Teachers
      4.4
      • second unit director
      • 1975

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      • July 21, 1946
      • New York City, New York, USA
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