Direction: Mel Damski

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Mel Damski. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Boston Legal (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction David E. Kelley · Mike Listo · Bill D'Elia · Robert Yannetti

Cast James Spader · William Shatner · Candice Bergen · Rene Auberjonois

Synopsis TV Series (2004-2008). 5 Seasons. 101 Episodes. Led by an Emmy Award-winning cast, Boston Legal returns for its fifth and final season to tell the professional and personal stories of a group of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. Sometimes...

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

Lou Grant (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Gene Reynolds · Alexander Singer

Cast Ed Asner · Robert Walden · Linda Kelsey · Mason Adams

Synopsis TV Series (1977-1982). 5 Seasons. 114 Episodes. After everyone on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" got fired, Lou Grant went to Los Angeles and became city editor of the L.A. Tribune, owned by Mrs. Pynchon, with whom Lou often has...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

American Gothic (TV Series)

1995 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Shaun Cassidy · Michael Nankin · James Frawley · Michael Lange

Cast Gary Cole · Lucas Black · Paige Turco · Brenda Bakke

Synopsis The story takes place in the fictional town of Trinity, South Carolina, and revolves around Caleb Temple (Lucas Black) and the town's corrupt sheriff, Lucas Buck (Gary Cole). Though appearing affable and charismatic, Sheriff Buck is a murderous rapist whose...

6.3

64 votes

6.3

64 votes

Young Americans (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction Steve Antin · James Whitmore Jr. · Mel Damski · Perry Lang

Cast Kate Bosworth · Mark Famiglietti · Katherine Moennig · Rodney Scott

Synopsis This series portrays life at Rawley Summer Academy, an elite school in Connecticut where boys with a bright Ivy League future spend the summer industriously in classes and rowing training on the lake. It's mainly told from the viewpoint of...

6.1

133 votes

6.1

133 votes

Without a Trace (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Hank Steinberg · John F. Showalter · Paul Holahan · Martha Mitchell

Cast Anthony LaPaglia · Poppy Montgomery · Eric Close · Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Synopsis Without a Trace (TV Series) (2002) follows the FBI's Missing Persons Unit in New York City as they investigate disappearances under tight deadlines. Led by Senior Agent Jack Malone, the team uses psychological profiling and cutting-edge technology to uncover clues...

6.0

6K votes

6.0

6K votes

Ally McBeal (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction David E. Kelley · Mel Damski · Jonathan Pontell · Bill D'Elia

Cast Calista Flockhart · Greg Germann · Jane Krakowski · Peter MacNicol

Synopsis Ally McBeal (TV Series) (1997) follows the life of a young, quirky lawyer navigating her professional and personal struggles in a Boston law firm. Ally, played by Calista Flockhart, is a dreamer with a vivid imagination, often finding herself in...

6.0

52K votes

6.0

52K votes

Picket Fences (TV Series)

1992 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David E. Kelley · Michael Pressman · Mel Damski · Michael Schultz

Cast Tom Skerritt · Kathy Baker · Holly Marie Combs · Justin Shenkarow

Synopsis TV Series (1992-1996). 4 Seasons. Picket Fences deals with life in a small town in this case the town of Rome, Wisconsin and centres around the Brock Family. Jimmy Brock is the Sheriff of the town and likes to think...

6.0

659 votes

6.0

659 votes

Point Pleasant (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction John McLaughlin · Marti Noxon · Tucker Gates · Rick Rosenthal

Cast Elisabeth Harnois · Grant Show · Sam Page · Aubrey Dollar

Synopsis TV Series (2005). A series of supernatural events begin in a small coastal New Jersey town after the arrival of a mysterious teenage girl whom apparently has ability to make people and events act on her behalf.

5.9

53 votes

5.9

53 votes

Psych (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Steve Franks · Mel Damski · James Roday · Stephen Surjik

Cast James Roday · Dulé Hill · Timothy Omundson · Corbin Bernsen

Synopsis A novice sleuth (Roday) is hired by the police after he cons them into thinking he has psychic powers that help solve crimes. With this assistance of his reluctant best friend (Hill) the duo take on a series of complicated...

5.9

4K votes

5.9

4K votes

Common Law (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 43 min. · United States

Direction Cormac Wibberley · Marianne Wibberley · John Behring · Mel Damski

Cast Michael Ealy · Warren Kole · Jack McGee · Sonya Walger

Synopsis Centers on cops Wes Mitchell and Travis Marks, who have a problem, each other. So their captain sends them to couples therapy.

5.9

39 votes

5.9

39 votes

Early Edition (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Ian Abrams · Patrick Q. Page · Vik Rubenfeld · Gary Nelson

Cast Kyle Chandler · Shanesia Davis-Williams · Fisher Stevens · Kristy Swanson

Synopsis TV Series (1996-2000). 4 season. 90 episodes. The show dealt with the life of Gary Hobson (Kyle Chandler), a Chicago man (initially a stock broker, later the owner of McGinty's bar) who mysteriously received newspapers (specifically, the Chicago Sun-Times) a...

5.8

2K votes

5.8

2K votes

The Guardian (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction David Hollander · Joan Tewkesbury · Steve Gomer · Lou Antonio

Cast Simon Baker · Dabney Coleman · Raphael Sbarge · Alan Rosenberg

Synopsis TV Series (2001-2004). 3 Seasons. 67 Episodes. Nick Fallin (Simon Baker) a corporate attorney sentenced to 1500 hours community service with Legal Services of Pittsburgh as the result of a drug conviction. The plot focused on Nick's community service and...

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Breakout Kings (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Nick Santora · Matt Olmstead · Billy Gierhart · Gavin Hood

Cast Laz Alonso · Brooke Nevin · Domenick Lombardozzi · Malcolm Goodwin

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2012). 2 Seasons. 23 Episodes. A squad of U.S. marshals team up with ex-cons to work together on tracking down prison escapees.

5.6

350 votes

5.6

350 votes

Barnaby Jones (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Walter Grauman · Michael Caffey · Kenneth Gilbert · Leslie H. Martinson

Cast Buddy Ebsen · Lee Meriwether · John Carter · Mark Shera

Synopsis Barnaby comes out of retirement to track down his son's murderer with the help of Betty, his son's widow. They continue the detective agency's work in Los Angeles, with the help of Barnaby's home laboratory and homey philosophizing.

5.5

42 votes

5.5

42 votes

Jack & Jill (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Randi Mayem Singer · David Petrarca · Stephen Cragg · Mel Damski

Cast Ivan Sergei · Amanda Peet · Justin Kirk · Simon Rex

Synopsis TV Series (1999-2001). 2 Seasons. 32 Episodes. Amanda Peet is Jack (Jacqueline 'Jack' Barrett). Ivan Sergei is Jill (David 'Jill' Jillefsky). This sitcom in named after two of the six main characters, each with a name rather suggesting the other...

5.5

347 votes

5.5

347 votes

Mischief

1985 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Mel Damski

Cast Doug McKeon · Catherine Mary Stewart · Kelly Preston · Chris Nash

Synopsis In 1956 love doesn't come easy for shy Jonathan Bellah. Not without a little help anyway. That's where his new friend Gene comes in the picture. Gene is rebellious and adored by all the girls. And with a few lessons...

5.5

133 votes

5.5

133 votes

Dawson's Creek (TV Series)

1998 · Series · 40 min. · United States

Direction Kevin Williamson · Gregory Prange · David Semel · David Petrarca

Cast James Van Der Beek · Katie Holmes · Michelle Williams · Joshua Jackson

Synopsis Dawson's Creek (TV Series) (1998) follows the lives of four close friends navigating adolescence in the small coastal town of Capeside. Dawson, an aspiring filmmaker, grapples with dreams and reality alongside his witty best friend, Joey, whose hidden feelings complicate...

5.4

37K votes

5.4

37K votes

Legendary

2010 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Mel Damski

Cast Devon Graye · Patricia Clarkson · Danny Glover · John Cena

Synopsis A book-smart teenager joins his school's wrestling team as a way to reunite his surviving family members, who split apart after the death of his father, a college wrestling legend, 10 years ago.

5.4

123 votes

5.4

123 votes

Boston Public (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David E. Kelley · Jonathan Pontell · Mike Listo · Joe Napolitano

Cast Chi McBride · Anthony Heald · Loretta Devine · Sharon Leal

Synopsis TV Series (2000-2004). The lives of 10 faculty members at a high school in Boston, Mass. weave in and out of dealing with trouble-makers, having a personal life, and keeping sanity.

5.4

522 votes

5.4

522 votes

The Tick (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Bo Welch · Danny Leiner · Barry Sonnenfeld · Andrew Tsao

Cast Patrick Warburton · David Burke · Liz Vassey · Nestor Carbonell

Synopsis The story of superhero The Tick, based on the popular comic book.

5.2

52 votes

5.2

52 votes