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,Shannon Liz Miller Dec, 2009, Gigaom and received a 2010 Gemini Award.tribute.ca http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/2010winners.asp Vignale's debut documentary film The Exhibition world premiered in the Next Program of the 2013 Hot Docs International Film Festival.2013 Hot Docs/Next Program http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/exhibition The film won the 2014 International Emmy Award for Arts Programming, and was a Special Award recipient of the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards.CBC News Nov, 2014 http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/canadian-documentary-the-exhibition-wins-at-international-emmy-awards-1.2849602 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 and co-executive producer on the CBC drama series Allegiance, and sits on the board of the Pacific Screenwriting Program.
Vignale was creator and showrunner of the original crime-drama series The Murders for City TV. The series starred Jessica Lucas 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 The series premiered in Canada and Europe in 2019. Sundance Now released the series in the US in 2021.
Filmography
Year Show Credit2026Allegiance (TV)Writer, Co-Executive Producer2024, 2025Sight Unseen (TV)Writer, Co-Executive Producer2023, 2025SkyMed (TV)Writer, Director, Co-Executive Producer2021, 2026Family Law (TV)Writer, Director, Consulting Producer2019The Murders (TV)Writer, Executive Producer2018The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (TV)Writer, Consulting Producer2017Ghost Wars (TV)Writer, Co-Executive Producer2015, 2016Motive (TV)Writer, Consulting Producer2014, 201519-2 (TV)Writer, Consulting Producer2011 - 2015Blackstone (TV)Writer, Producer2013The Exhibition (Film)Producer, Director2010Mixed Blessings (TV)Writer2009The Vetala (Web series)Writer, Producer, Director2006The Entrance (Film)Writer, Producer, Director2005A Perfect Note (TV movie)Director2003Little Brother of War (Film)Writer, Producer, Director1998Zacharia Farted (Film)Producer
Awards
2015 Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Diversity AwardACCT announces 2015 Diversity Award http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/cb5af987-b38b-4167-b2c4-f61a0bf14936/ACADEMY_NEWS_Diversity_Award_Feb2015.aspx?ext=.pdf 2014 International Emmy Award 2014 Leo Award - Best Direction in a Documentary 2014 Leo Award - Best Editing in a Documentary 2014 The PBS Michael Sullivan FRONTLINE Award for Journalism in a Documentary 2012 Leo Award - Best Dramatic Series 2011 Leo Award - Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series 2010 Gemini Award - Best Original Program/Digital Media Fiction 2010 Leo Award - Best Web Series 2010 Webby Award Honoree - Drama 2010 Silver Telly Award 2006 Best Director - Eerie Horror Fest 2004 Audience Award - Toronto Reelworld Film Festival
Nominations
2019 Leo Award - Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series 2016 Canadian Screen Award - Best Drama Series 2016 Leo Award - Best Drama Series 2016 Leo Award - Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series 2015 Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Documentary 2015 Leo Award - Best Drama Series 2015 Leo Award - Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series 2014 Canadian Screen Award - Best Drama Series 2014 Canadian Screen Award - Best Writing in a Dramatic Series 2014 Leo Award - Best Feature Length Documentary 2014 Leo Award - Best Drama Series 2013 Hugo Award - Chicago Int'l Film Festival 2012 Leo Award - Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series 2011 Seoul Int'l Drama Awards - Best Screenwriting 2011 Leo Award - Best Drama Series 2011 Leo Award - Best Screenwriting in a Drama Series 1999 Leo Award - Best Feature Length Drama
References
External links
The Exhibition Official Website