Mel Damski Biography

Fast Facts

• Son of German refugee parents
• Attended college on a football scholarship
• Worked as a news reporter
• Won a Christopher Award for his work in Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
• His column If I Ran The Zoo was recognized by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association
• Has taught at the American Film Institute, the University of Southern California and the Tisch School at New York University
• Founder of the Cascadia Film Workshops at Western Washington University
• A member of the Director's Guilds of America and Canada, and the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences