About

George D’Amato is a feature film, television, commercial film maker, consultant, and teacher.

This transplanted New Yorker grew up on beautiful Long Island New York.  He is a graduate of 3 New York Institutes: The New York University Tisch school of the arts film school, The Actor’s Studio and The International Centre of Photography. His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, and characteristic’s of neo-noir film. He is widely considered as great visual artist with a flair for touching, emotional stories. He has worked all over the world directing and producing film and television. Some of his clients include HBO, National Geographic, The History Channel and The Discovery Channel. His work has been recognized by every notable film festival around the world. The list includes the Cannes film festival, The Sundance film festival, The Raindance film festival UK, The Berlin film festival, Palm Spring film festival, The Houston film festival, and  the Atlanta film festival. 

Film and advertising awards include The Cannes gold lion,The Gold Cleo, The One Show, Gold Bessie, Craft Award for Directing, Directors Guild of America, and The Golden Marble. He wrote and directed a commercial for ESPN called “Balls” that debuted on the Super bowl. Meanwhile, his work for Highway speeding and cross gate mall  remains in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

George also teaches film directing, film production, film studies and acting at The University of Toronto, The Raindance Film Institute, The Toronto Academy of Acting, and Humber college. Email me to set up a consultation.