David Cormican
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{{Infobox person
| name = David Cormican
| image = David Cormican SEP2024.jpg
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| caption = Cormican in 2024.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|12|22}}
| birth_place = Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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| alma_mater = Grant MacEwan College (Theatre Arts, 2001), Gaiety School of Acting (2002), New York Film Academy (2003)
| nationality = Canadian and Irish
| years_active = 2008 - Present
| occupation = Film producer
Television producer
Screenwriter
Entrepreneur
| notable works = {{ublist|class=nowrap |Tokyo Trial|Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime (TV series){{Cite web |url=https://sdccblog.com/2024/07/discover-venus-prime-at-san-diego-comic-con-2024-panel-with-jonathan-frakes/ |title=Discover "Venus Prime" at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Panel with Jonathan Frakes |date=10 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-10 }}{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jonathan-frakes-direct-arthur-c-clarkes-venus-prime-series-adaptation-1236058323/ |title='Star Trek' Alum Jonathan Frakes to Direct Sci-Fi Adaptation of 'Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime' (EXCLUSIVE) |date=July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-01 }}|Northern Rescue|Between|ShadowHunters|Tulipani: Liefde, eer en een fiets{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/tulipani-film-review-1202598525/ |title=Film Review: 'Tulipani: Love, Honor and a Bicycle' |date=26 October 2017 |access-date=2017-10-26 }}}}
| awards = MacEwan University's Distinguished Alumnus Award
2016
Playback Website's New Establishment Distinction
2015
The Hollywood Reporter's Next Generation Canada
2014
Golden Sheaf Winner for Will - Yorkton Film Festival
2013
Playback Website's 10 to Watch Award Recipient
2012
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David Cormican is an Emmy Award-nominated producer,{{Cite web |url=https://www.iemmys.tv/awards_nominees.aspx |title=2017 International Emmy® Awards Nominees |access-date=2017-10-02 |archive-date=2017-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126035807/https://www.iemmys.tv/awards_nominees.aspx |url-status=dead }} showrunner and screenwriter. Between 2013 and 2023 he served as President and co-founder at Don Carmody Television.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-winning-chicago-producer-don-425894|title = Oscar-Winning 'Chicago' Producer Don Carmody Gets into the TV Game|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 4 March 2013}} Selected producer credits include the International Emmy Award nominated Netflix and NHK mini-series Tokyo Trial,{{Cite web |url=https://www.iemmys.tv/awards_nominees.aspx |title=2017 International Emmy® Awards Nominees |access-date=2017-10-02 |archive-date=2017-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126035807/https://www.iemmys.tv/awards_nominees.aspx |url-status=dead }} the Rogers-Netflix original series Between,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-orders-first-canadian-original-741964|title=Netflix Orders First Canadian Original Series (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 October 2014}} which debuted in 2015 and the Primetime Emmy Award nominated The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe for Lifetime.[http://www.emmys.com/shows/secret-life-marilyn-monroe "The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe" emmys.com] July 18, 2015
In 2014, Cormican was selected by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the Next Generation Canada: Class of 2014,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/next-gen-canada-15-hottest-728305|title=Next Gen Canada: 15 Hottest Talents Under 35|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=4 September 2014}} he was also recognized by Playback as one of the Top 10 to Watch in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2012/09/01/the-2012-10-to-watch-david-cormican/|title=The 2012 10 to Watch: David Cormican}} Cormican is also a recipient of the National Screen Institute’s Producer Drama Prize and delivered the keynote convocation address{{Cite web |url=http://livestream.com/mediaco/events/5334141 |title=Spring Convocation Wednesday PM on Livestream |access-date=2016-07-07 |archive-date=2016-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815121611/http://livestream.com/mediaco/events/5334141 |url-status=dead }} when he was awarded by MacEwan University with their highest honour, as their 2016 Distinguished Alumnus for his contribution to the arts, business and community.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/macewanalumni/docs/m_summer2016_issuu|title = MacEwan University Alumni News by MacEwan Alumni - Issuu| date=5 July 2016 }} Additional filmmaking accomplishments include the Christian Slater thriller Stranded, directed by Academy Award® winner Roger Christian, treaty co-production The Tall Man (Jessica Biel), directed by Pascal Laugier (Martyrs) for SND and released theatrically by Image in the USA, 13 Eerie for eOne, Faces in the Crowd (Milla Jovovich) for Voltage Films and Michal Kunes Kováč's directorial debut feature Réveillon.{{Cite web|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2023/02/09/carmody-cormican-roll-on-canada-slovakia-copro/|title = Carmody, Cormican roll on Canada-Slovakia copro| date=9 February 2023 }} Since founding the Canadian Short Screenplay Competition (CSSC) in 2008, the CSSC and Cormican have produced five of the winning short film scripts, including Rusted Pyre, which premiered at the 2011 Festival de Cannes as part of Telefilm’s "Not Short On Talent" programme{{Cite web |url=https://nsi-canada.ca/film/rusted-pyre/ |title=Rusted Pyre }} and Will, which won the Golden Sheaf for Best Drama as part of the 2013 Yorkton Film Festival.
Cormican is a Trans-Atlantic Partners (TAP) Producer, a member of the Producers Guild of America, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, both the European Film Academy and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the Writers Guild of Canada and is a two-time elected former board member for the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA). Cormican is represented by Paradigm Talent Agency.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/shadowhunters-producer-david-cormican-paradigm-1236095549/ |title='ShadowHunters' Producer David Cormican Signs With Paradigm |date=20 September 2024 |access-date=2024-09-20 }}
Filmography
- #VanLife (2024){{Cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/production-begins-on-vanlife-first-indigenous-and-canadian-indie-to-shoot-entirely-in-virtual-studio-exclusive/5196165.article |title=Production begins on '#Vanlife', first Indigenous and Canadian indie to shoot entirely in virtual studio (exclusive) |access-date=2024-08-12 }}{{Cite web |url=https://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2024/09/05/city-man-producing-new-film-with-indigenous-themes/ |title=City man producing new film with Indigenous themes |date=5 September 2024 |access-date=2024-09-05 }}{{Cite web |url=https://playbackonline.ca/2024/08/14/trevor-cameron-embarks-on-scripted-film-debut-with-vanlife/ |title=Trevor Cameron embarks on scripted film debut with #Vanlife |access-date=2024-09-14 }}
- Hostile Takeover (2024)
- Réveillon (2023)
- Northern Rescue (limited TV series) (2019)
- Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle (2017)
- ShadowHunters (TV series) (2016)
- Tokyo Trial (miniseries) (2016)
- Between (TV series) (2015)
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (miniseries) (2015)
- Stranded (2013)
- 13 Eerie (2013)
- The Tall Man (2012)
- Faces in the Crowd (2011)
- Lullaby For Pi (2010)
References
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External links
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- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nhk-pacts-canadian-dutch-producers-705843
- https://variety.com/2013/film/global/cormican-nabs-jane-austen-marriage-manual-rights-exclusive-1200328109/
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Category:Film producers from Alberta
Category:Canadian television producers
Category:Canadian male screenwriters