D'Amico, Kirk

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D'Amico, Kirk

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Office—Myriad Pictures, 3015 Main St., Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

Career:

Producer and executive. Samuel Goldwyn Co., vice president for international theatrical, video, and television sales, 1994-96; Village Roadshow Pictures, executive vice president, c. 1996-98; Myriad Pictures, Santa Monica, CA, founder and president, 1998—.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding informational special, 1988, for "George Gershwin Remembered," American Masters.

CREDITS

Film Executive Producer:

Serafina!, Buena Vista, 1992.

Tangled, Miramax, 2001.

The Good Girl, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

Van Wilder (also known as National Lampoon's "Van Wilder," Van Wilder: Party Liaison, and Party Animals—wilder geht's nicht!), Artisan Entertainment, 2002.

People I Know (also known as Im inneren kreis and Der innere kreis), Miramax, 2003.

Jeepers Creepers II, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2003.

Imagining Argentina, Arena Entertainment, 2004.

Piccadilly Jim, United International Pictures, 2004.

Trauma, Warner Bros., 2004.

Kinsey, Fox Searchlight, 2004.

The River King, Momentum Pictures, 2005.

Little Fish, First Look International, 2006.

Comeback Season, Myriad Pictures, 2006.

Dark Matter, Myriad Pictures, 2006.

Death Defying Acts, Weinstein Co., 2007.

La terza madre (also known as Mother of Tears: The Third Mother), Medusa Distribuzione, 2007.

Film Producer:

Eulogy, Lions Gate Films, 2004.

Television Executive Producer; Specials:

"George Gershwin Remembered," American Masters, PBS, 1987.

Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One, PBS, 1991.

Glenn Miller: America's Musical Hero, PBS, 1992.

The Legend of Billy the Kid, Disney Channel, 1993.

Marlene Dietrich: Shadow and Light (also known as Marlene Dietrich: Her Life and Legend), AMC, 1996.

Television Producer; Specials:

Coproducer, Rocket to the Moon, PBS, 1986.

Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul, PBS, 1988.

"You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story," American Masters, PBS, 1990.

"A. Einstein: How I See the World," American Masters, PBS, 1991.

"Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul," American Masters, PBS, 1991.

Steve McQueen: The King of Cool, AMC, 1998.

Stage Work:

Associate producer, Staggerlee, Second Avenue Theatre, New York City, 1987.

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