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 The ''Vetala Panchavimshati'' (, IAST: ), or ''Betal Pachisi'' ("''Twenty-five (tales) of Betal''"), is a collection of tales and legends within a frame story, from India. Internationally, it is also known as Vikram-Vetala. It was originally wri ...

, a collection of Sanskrit tales and legends,Shannon Liz Miller Dec, 2009, Gigao

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Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in t ...

.tribute.ca http://geminiawards.tribute.ca/2010winners.asp Vignale's debut documentary film '' The Exhibition'' world premiered in the Next Program of the 2013 Hot Docs International Film Festival.2013 Hot Docs/Next Program http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/exhibition The film won the 2014

International Emmy Award The International Emmy Awards, or International Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. Bestowed by the New York City, New York–based International Academy of Televisi ...

for Arts Programming, and was a Special Award recipient of the 2015

Canadian Screen Awards The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy ...

.CBC News Nov, 2014 http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/canadian-documentary-the-exhibition-wins-at-international-emmy-awards-1.2849602 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 CTV drama series '' Sight Unseen (TV series)''. 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.

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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 AwardACCT announces 2015 Diversity Award http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/cb5af987-b38b-4167-b2c4-f61a0bf14936/ACADEMY_NEWS_Diversity_Award_Feb2015.aspx?ext=.pdf *2014

*2014

Leo Award The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British C ...

- 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

- Best Original Program/Digital Media Fiction *2010 Leo Award - Best Web Series *2010

Webby Award The Webby Awards (colloquially referred to as the Webbys) are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over three thousand industry experts a ...

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

References

External links

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''The Exhibition'' Official Website
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