Don Carmody Explained

Don Carmody
Birth Name:Donald Carmody
Birth Date:16 April 1951
Birth Place:Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

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

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer
1984The Surrogate
1985Junior
1989
1991The Hitman

Producer

Co-producer

Executive producer

Miscellaneous crew
YearFilmRoleNotes
1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Production assistant
1973 Keep It in the Family
The Pyx
1975 The True Story of Eskimo Nell Second unit coordinator
1976Death WeekendAssociate producer
1977Battle Beyond the Street
1979 Meatballs Production executive
1980 Death Ship
Terror Train
1981Hard Feelings
1985Jagged EdgeAssistant producer
1989 Winter People Bond representative
Speed Zone
1996 The Substitute
1997 Good Will Hunting Production consultant
1998 Knock Off Bond representative
Production manager
YearFilmRoleNotes
1973 U-Turn Assistant production manager
1974 The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds Production manager
1975 Eskimo Nell
Tout feu, tout femme
Shivers
The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck
1977 Rabid
1981 Heartbreak High
As an actor
YearFilmRole
1994 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
YearFilmNotes
1973 Keep It in the Family
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Uncredited
The White Dawn
Thanks

Television

Executive producer

Line producer

Producer

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

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080112205609/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/84202/Don-Carmody The New York Times
  2. Web site: Don Carmody.
  3. Web site: 50 years of success. www.concordia.ca. 2018-03-08.
  4. Web site: Cmpa.ca . 2013-02-25 . 2017-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170804054111/http://www.cmpa.ca/membership/member-profiles/don-carmody . dead .
  5. Web site: Don Carmody: Canada's 100-movie marathon man . 2011-04-08 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220914011621/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/don-carmody-canadas-100-movie-marathon-man/article4263858/ . 2022-09-14 . live .
  6. Web site: Don Carmody.