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Don Carmody

{{short description|American film producer}}

{{Infobox person

|name=Don Carmody

|image=Don Carmody at Canadian Screen Awards Nominee Reception (2013).jpg

|caption= Carmody at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards Nominee Reception

|birth_name=Donald Carmody

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1951|4|16}}

|birth_place=Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

|occupation=Film producer, television producer

}}

Donald Carmody (born April 16, 1951) is an American-born Canadian film and television producer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080112205609/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/84202/Don-Carmody The New York Times]{{Cite web|url=http://cfccreates.com/staff_members/148|title = Don Carmody}}

Education

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/vpaer/aar/2015/12/16/50-years-of-success.html?c=/alumni-friends/news|title=50 years of success|website=www.concordia.ca|access-date=2018-03-08}}

==Career==

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,{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmpa.ca/membership/member-profiles/don-carmody |title=Cmpa.ca |access-date=2013-02-25 |archive-date=2017-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804054111/http://www.cmpa.ca/membership/member-profiles/don-carmody |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |title=Don Carmody: Canada's 100-movie marathon man |date=2011-04-08 |website=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914011621/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/don-carmody-canadas-100-movie-marathon-man/article4263858/ |archive-date=2022-09-14 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/don-carmody-canadas-100-movie-marathon-man/article4263858/}} He is the recipient of five Canadian Screen Awards, and is a board member of the Canadian Film Centre.{{Cite web|url=http://cfccreates.com/staff_members/148|title = Don Carmody}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
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

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{{colend}}

Co-producer

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Executive producer

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;Miscellaneous crew

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes

1971McCabe & Mrs. Millerrowspan=3| Production assistant{{center|Uncredited}}
rowspan=2| 1973Keep It in the Family
The Pyx{{center|Uncredited}}
1975The True Story of Eskimo NellSecond unit coordinator
1976

| Death Weekend

|rowspan=2|Associate producer

1977

| Battle Beyond the Street

1979Meatballsrowspan=4| Production executive
rowspan=2| 1980Death Ship
Terror Train
1981

| Hard Feelings

1985

| Jagged Edge

| Assistant producer

| {{center|Uncredited}}

rowspan=2| 1989Winter Peoplerowspan=3| Bond representative
Speed Zone
1996The Substitute
1997Good Will HuntingProduction consultant{{center|Uncredited}}
1998Knock OffBond representative

;Production manager

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes

1973U-TurnAssistant production manager
1974The Apple, the Stem and the Seedsrowspan=7| Production manager
rowspan=4| 1975Eskimo Nell{{center|Uncredited}}
Tout feu, tout femme
Shivers
The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck
1977Rabid
1981Heartbreak High

;As an actor

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

1994Squanto: A Warrior's TaleArchangel Officer
1997Critical CareMaitre d'
rowspan=2| 1999The Boondock SaintsMafioso #2
The Third MiracleJack Da Sica
2011GoonGuy in Leather Jacket

;Location management

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes

1973Keep It in the Family
rowspan=2| 1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitzrowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | Uncredited
The White Dawn

;Thanks

=Television=

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes

1980Chairman of the BoardProduction auditorTV movie
2015−16BetweenPresident: Don Carmody Television

;Production manager

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes

1973Across This Landrowspan=3| TV movie
1980Guilty or Not Guilty
1991Payoff

References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|0138502}}
  • {{official website|http://www.doncarmody.com}}

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Category:Living people

Category:1951 births

Category:People from Providence, Rhode Island

Category:American emigrants to Canada

Category:Film producers from Quebec

Category:Producers of Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners