Damon Vignale

Damon Vignale
Vignale in 2018
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Film and Television Writer, Director, Producer
Years active1993–present

Damon Vignale is a Canadian director, writer and producer working in film and television. Vignale has directed the films Little Brother of War and The Entrance. He released the web series The Vetala in 2009, drawn from the Baital Pachisi, a collection of Sanskrit tales and legends,[1] and received a 2010 Gemini Award.[2] Vignale's debut documentary film The Exhibition world premiered in the Next Program of the 2013 Hot Docs International Film Festival.[3] The film won the 2014 International Emmy Award for Arts Programming, and was a Special Award recipient of the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards.[4] Vignale's television credits as a writer-producer include ABC/CTV's homicide series Motive, Bravo's police drama 19-2, and the ITV/BritBox series The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco. He is currently a writer, director and co-executive producer on the Paramount+/CBC medical drama series SkyMed.

Vignale was creator and showrunner of the original crime-drama series The Murders for City TV. The series starred Jessica Lucas[5] as a rookie homicide detective whose negligence in a fellow officer’s death has her searching for redemption in her investigations. Rogers Media announced production commencing October 9, 2018[6] The series premiered in Canada and Europe in 2019. Sundance Now released the series in the US in 2021.[7]

  1. ^ Shannon Liz Miller Dec, 2009, Gigaom https://gigaom.com/2009/12/08/the-quality-of-the-vetalas-production-is-no-myth/
  2. ^ tribute.ca http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/2010winners.asp Archived 2012-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 2013 Hot Docs/Next Program http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/exhibition Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ CBC News Nov, 2014 http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/canadian-documentary-the-exhibition-wins-at-international-emmy-awards-1.2849602
  5. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2018-10-10). "About Premium Content Boards Muse Ent.'s Thriller Series 'The Murders' With Jessica Lucas (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  6. ^ "Citytv greenlights two new police dramas". Media of Canada. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  7. ^ "The Murders: Sundance Now Sets US Premiere Date for Canadian Cop Drama Series – The British TV Place". thebritishtvplace.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.