American film producer
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
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
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
Film
Producer
Co-producer
Executive producer
Miscellaneous crew
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
Location management
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
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
External links
International National People Other