Nick Damici | |
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 Damici at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Born | 1959or1960(age 64–65) [1] United States |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
Nick Damici is an American actor and screenwriter known for such films as Mulberry Street and Stake Land . [2]
Nick Damici grew up in Hell's Kitchen in the 1960s and early 1970s. His father was a bartender, and Damici would occasionally tend bar at the age of 12. [3] He is of mixed Italian and Canarian descent.
Damici's mentor is Michael Moriarty, who encouraged him to write scripts. Acting remains his primary love; in an interview, he described writing as a "lonely, thankless job". [3] After he tired of supporting roles on television shows, he decided to write starring roles for himself. Damici and Jim Mickle have worked together since 2001 [4] and have collaborated on four films: Mulberry Street , Stake Land , We Are What We Are , and Cold in July . [5] Damici originally wrote Stake Land to be a web series, but Larry Fessenden was enthusiastic about making it into a feature film. [6] In February 2013, he was cast in Adrian Garcia Bogliano's Late Phases . [7]
| Title | Year | Notes |
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| Mulberry Street | 2006 | |
| Stake Land | 2010 | |
| We Are What We Are | 2013 | |
| Cold in July | 2014 | |
| Bushwick | 2016 | |
| Hap and Leonard | 2016-2018 | TV series |
| Stake Land II | 2017 |
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