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Don Carmody

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Don Carmody
Carmody at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards Nominee Reception
Born
Donald Carmody

(1951-04-16) April 16, 1951 (age 73)
Occupation(s)Film producer, television producer

Donald Carmody (born April 16, 1951) is an American-born Canadian film and television producer.[1][2]

Education

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Born in Rhode Island and raised in Montreal, he earned a BA in communication studies from Loyola College, one of Concordia University's founding institutions, in 1972.[3]

Career

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He began his career in the 1970s at Cinèpix Film Properties, where he worked on the early films of David Cronenberg with Ivan Reitman, and later moved to Harold Greenberg’s Astral Bellevue Pathé, where he was an executive in charge of production. Leaving Astral, he served as co-producer on Bob Clark’s box office smash, Porky's, for decades, Canada's highest-grossing film worldwide.

Carmody has produced some 100 films thus far,[4] including Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique (2009), The Mighty, Yesterday, The Boondock Saints, and he was a member of the producing team on the hit musical Chicago, which was shot in Toronto and won an Academy Award in 2002 for Best Picture. He has also produced the video game adaptations the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series.[5] He is the recipient of five Canadian Screen Awards, and is a board member of the Canadian Film Centre.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Writer Producer
1984 The Surrogate Yes Yes Yes
1985 Junior No Yes Yes
1989 Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster No Yes No
1991 The Hitman No Yes Yes

Producer

Co-producer

Executive producer

Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role Notes
1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Production assistant
Uncredited
1973 Keep It in the Family
The Pyx
Uncredited
1975 The True Story of Eskimo Nell Second unit coordinator
1976 Death Weekend Associate producer
1977 Battle Beyond the Street
1979 Meatballs Production executive
1980 Death Ship
Terror Train
1981 Hard Feelings
1985 Jagged Edge Assistant producer
Uncredited
1989 Winter People Bond representative
Speed Zone
1996 The Substitute
1997 Good Will Hunting Production consultant
Uncredited
1998 Knock Off Bond representative
Production manager
Year Film Role Notes
1973 U-Turn Assistant production manager
1974 The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds Production manager
1975 Eskimo Nell
Uncredited
Tout feu, tout femme
Shivers
The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck
1977 Rabid
1981 Heartbreak High
As an actor
Year Film Role
1994 Squanto: A Warrior's Tale Archangel Officer
1997 Critical Care Maitre d'
1999 The Boondock Saints Mafioso #2
The Third Miracle Jack Da Sica
2011 Goon Guy in Leather Jacket
Location management
Year Film Notes
1973 Keep It in the Family
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Uncredited
The White Dawn
Thanks

Television

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Executive producer

  • Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (1979) (TV movie)
  • A Man Called Intrepid (1979)
  • The Tracker (2001) (TV movie)
  • Tokyo Trial (2016)
  • Between (2015–16)
  • Northern Rescue (2019)

Line producer

  • The Intruder Within (1981) (TV movie) (Uncredited)
  • Payoff (1991) (TV movie)

Producer

Miscellaneous crew
Year Title Role Notes
1980 Chairman of the Board Production auditor TV movie
2015−16 Between President: Don Carmody Television
Production manager
Year Title Notes
1973 Across This Land TV movie
1980 Guilty or Not Guilty
1991 Payoff

References

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  1. ^ The New York Times
  2. ^ "Don Carmody".
  3. ^ "50 years of success". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  4. ^ "Cmpa.ca". Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  5. ^ "Don Carmody: Canada's 100-movie marathon man". The Globe and Mail. 2011-04-08. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14.
  6. ^ "Don Carmody".
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