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name: "Mel Damski"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "21 July 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T17:55:44.321875+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."
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# Mel Damski

Director. Born 21 July 1946 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 21 July 1946, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1972–2004

## Biography

Mel Damski (born 21 July 1946 in New York, New York) is an American film and television director and producer. He grew up in Roslyn, Long Island, attended Colgate University on a football scholarship and worked as a reporter for Long Island Newsday before moving to Los Angeles to study at the AFI Conservatory in 1972.

Damski has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *M*A*S*H* (1978), *Lou Grant*, *Psych* (where he served as producing director), *Scorpion*, *Charmed* and *Dawson's Creek*. His feature films include *Yellowbeard* (1983), *Mischief* (1985) and *Legendary* (2010). In 1998 he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject for *Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies*. He has also taught film and television at NYU, USC and AFI.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Boston Legal* (2004), Director

## Also known for

- *Scorpion* (2014), Director
- *Charmed* (1998), Director
- *Psych* (2006), Director
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), Director
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), Director
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Director
- *Without a Trace* (2002), Director
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), Director

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