Background
Damski grew up in Roslyn, Long Island, New York and attended Colgate University on a football scholarship.
Damski grew up in Roslyn, Long Island, New York and attended Colgate University on a football scholarship.
Student, Colgate University.
Mel Damski (born in New York, New York) is an American film director and film producer. Damski has Northern European Jewish heritage, one of four children of German refugee parents. He was a reporter for Long Island Newsday before moving to Los Angeles to attend The American Film Institute in 1972.
Currently Damski is the Producing-Director of "Psychology".
In addition to his long directing career, including 29 movies and scores of episodes, he has taught film and television at New York University, University of Southern California and American Film Institute. He is also President of Lyrique Wine Company, a small family owned winery. Damski"s column "If I Ran The Zoo" runs every Wednesday in the Louisiana Conner Weekly News and a week later on his blog.
Member Directors Guild American.