David Cormican

David Cormican is an Emmy®-nominated producer. He is Co-Founder and President of Don Carmody Television (DCTV) and a member of the Producers Guild of America. DCTV projects include the Netflix-CBC original series Northern Rescue, and the first ever Rogers-Netflix original series Between, the Emmy®-nominated The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe for Lifetime, ShadowHunters for Freeform and the Emmy®-nominated mini-series Tokyo Trial for Netflix and NHK. Cormican's Dutch-Italian-Canadian co-production from two-time Academy Award® winning director, Mike van Diem, Tulipani, recently premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and festivals around the world celebrating multiple audience choice and festival prize wins. Selected by Playback as one of the 2015 New Establishment and by The Hollywood Reporter as Next Generation Canada: Class of 2014, Cormican was also recognized by Playback in 2012 as one of the Top 10 to Watch and received the National Screen Institute's Producer Drama Prize in 2010. In 2012, he also attended the prestigious Trans Atlantic Partners producers training programme. In 2016, Cormican received the Distinguished Alumnus Award, MacEwan University's highest honor, where he was recognized by his Alma Mater for his outstanding achievements in the areas of business, arts and culture and community service. Filmmaking accomplishments for this intrepid producer include the Christian Slater thriller Stranded, The Tall Man (Jessica Biel), 13 Eerie and Faces in the Crowd (Milla Jovovich). Cormican founded and ran the Canadian Short Screenplay Competition (CSSC), where he produced five of the winning short film scripts, including Rusted Pyre, which premiered at the 2011 Festival de Cannes and Will, which won the Golden Sheaf for Best Drama at the Yorkton Film Festival.