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, and received a 2010 Gemini Award. Vignale's debut documentary film The Exhibition world premiered in the Next Program of the 2013 Hot Docs International Film Festival. The film won the 2014 International Emmy Award for Arts Programming, and was a Special Award recipient of the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards. 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
Awards
2015 Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Diversity Award
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