--- name: "Bill Damaschke" canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-damaschke" fi1m_id: "bill-damaschke" imdb_id: "nm0198632" tmdb_id: 65673 wikidata_id: "Q4908666" roles: ["Producer"] born: "20 November 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_fi1m_score: 69 average_as: "producer" average_over: 7 updated: "2026-10-05T05:21:08.688115+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Bill Damaschke ## Identity Bill Damaschke - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-damaschke - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** bill-damaschke - **IMDb ID:** nm0198632 - **TMDB ID:** 65673 - **Wikidata ID:** Q4908666 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Damaschke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4908666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65673 Producer. Born 20 November 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Born:** 20 November 1963, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. - **Active:** 1982–2008 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 acting, 7 producing - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as producer, over 7 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (3), 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 63 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 62 across 6 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Genres:** Comedy 5, Animation 4, Family 4, Action 3, Adventure 3, Drama 2 - **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,992m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Damaschke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4908666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65673 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Ghostbusters*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md) (80), [*Shark Tale*](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md) (40) - **Disney+:** [*The Prince of Egypt*](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md) (74) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr. Mom*](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md) (62) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Bill Damaschke is an American film executive and producer. Born on 20 November 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career in production management on live-action films including *Ghostbusters* (1984), *Weird Science* (1985) and *Mr. Mom* (1983). He moved into animation, working first at Walt Disney Animation Studios before spending twenty years at DreamWorks Animation, where he rose to chief creative officer. In that role he oversaw releases including *Shark Tale* (2004), *Over the Hedge* (2006) and *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), as well as DreamWorks theatrical productions such as *Shrek the Musical*. Damaschke later served as president of Skydance Animation and is currently president and chief creative officer of Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. He has also produced the Broadway musical *The Prom* and its 2020 film adaptation. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) ### Performed in (1) - *My So-Called Life* (1994), Fi1m 87, as Salesman — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-so-called-life.md) ### Produced (7) — the average rests on these - *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kung-fu-panda.md) - *Over the Hedge* (2006), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md) - *Shark Tale* (2004), Fi1m 40, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md) - *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md) - *Ghostbusters* (1984), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md) - *Mr. Mom* (1983), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md) - *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Prom* (2020), Producer - *Michael Jackson's Halloween* (2017), Consulting Producer - *The Boss Baby* (2017), Thanks — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boss-baby.md) - *Trolls* (2016), Thanks - *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kung-fu-panda.md) - *Over the Hedge* (2006), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md) - *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Thanks — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md) - *Madagascar* (2005), Thanks — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md) - *Shark Tale* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md) - *Shrek 2* (2004), Thanks — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md) - *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), Co-Executive Producer - *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md) - *My So-Called Life* (1994), series, as Salesman — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-so-called-life.md) - *Weird Science* (1985), Producer - *Ghostbusters* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md) - *Mr. Mom* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md) - *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md) - *ROTG: Creating An Epic*, Thanks ## Gallery - ![Bill Damaschke](https://film.one/media/person/118100/gallery-cfa9f8d3c2c0.jpg) Bill Damaschke — Cindy Maram/Dig In Magazine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Bill_Damaschke%2C_Mill_Valley_Film_Festival%2C_Rise_of_the_Guardians.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![United States president Barack Obama visited DreamWorks Animation in Glendale, California, where he met Steve Martin and Jim Parsons who were recording lines fo (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/118100/gallery-e159e132770f.jpg) United States president Barack Obama visited DreamWorks Animation in Glendale, California, where he met Steve Martin and Jim Parsons who were recording lines fo (2013) — Chuck Kennedy for White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Barack_Obama%2C_Steve_Martin%2C_Jim_Parsons%2C_DreamWorks_Animation%2C_2013.jpg/1280px-Barack_Obama%2C_Steve_Martin%2C_Jim_Parsons%2C_DreamWorks_Animation%2C_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 2005: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Shark Tale* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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