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Damon D'Oliveira

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Damon D'Oliveira is a Canadian actor and film and television producer, best known as a partner with Clement Virgo in the production firm Conquering Lion Pictures.

Originally from Guyana, D'Oliveira moved to Canada in 1976. He had acting roles in stage, film and television in the 1980s, and was credited as an associate producer on Darrell Wasyk's 1990 film H, before being admitted into the Canadian Film Centre's program for filmmakers of colour in 1991 alongside classmates including Clement Virgo, Robert Adetuyi, Mina Shum and Stephen Williams. His first film production credit was on Virgo's 1993 short film Save My Lost Nigga Soul. He has since been a producer of Virgo's films Rude, Love Come Down, Lie with Me, Poor Boy's Game and The Book of Negroes, as well as John Greyson's films The Law of Enclosures and Proteus. Rude and Love Come Down were both Genie Award nominees for Best Picture.

As an actor, D'Oliveira's roles have included voice roles in Rupert, Chilly Beach, Monster Force, Tales from the Cryptkeeper and Donkey Kong Country, guest roles in Adderly, Neon Rider, Night Heat, War of the Worlds, Street Legal, Side Effects, Due South, TekWar, Forever Knight, Traders, The City, Queer as Folk, Show Me Yours, ZOS: Zone of Separation and The Border, and the films Uncut, Getting Away with Murder and Bollywood/Hollywood.

Openly gay, he is married to film director and screenwriter Maxime Desmons.

Usually with

John Greyson
John Greyson
(2 films)
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan
(1 films)
Darrell Wasyk
Darrell Wasyk
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Damon D'Oliveira (17 films)

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Actor

Chilly Beach: The World is Hot Enough, 1h12
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Time travel films
Actors Benedict Campbell, Damon D'Oliveira, Julie Lemieux
Roles Constable Al (voice)
Rating41% 2.097552.097552.097552.097552.09755
Dale wonders why no one ever visits Chilly Beach, and realizes that it's due to the cold climate. Thus, Frank invents a super heater to warm Chilly Beach up. When the U.S. learns about it, they steal it and accidentally use it to destroy the planet. Frank and Dale must travel back through time to undo the damage.
New York Minute, 1h31
Directed by Dennie Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Politic
Themes Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate et Ashley Olsen, Eugene Levy, Ernest Borgnine, Andy Richter
Roles News Broadcaster
Rating49% 2.4720752.4720752.4720752.4720752.472075
17-year-old sisters Jane (Ashley Olsen) and Roxy Ryan (Mary-Kate Olsen) are completely different and never see eye to eye, and live with their father in a suburban Long Island neighbourhood. Over a 24-hour period, the two begrudgingly journey together into the city for Jane, an uptight overachiever, to deliver a speech to qualify for a prestigious college scholarship abroad, and for Roxy, a laid-back punk-rock rebel, to get backstage at a music video shoot so that she can give her demo tape to the group.
Bollywood/Hollywood, 1h45
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, Moushumi Chatterjee, Dina Pathak, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Akshaye Khanna
Roles Stevie Sood (as Damon D'Olivera)
Rating59% 2.950562.950562.950562.950562.95056
Bollywood/Hollywood centres on the character of Rahul Seth (Rahul Khanna), a young, rich, Indo-Canadian living in Toronto whose widowed mother (Moushumi Chatterjee) is eager to get him married after the freak-accidental death of his white pop singer girlfriend, Kimberly (Jessica Paré). Furthermore, the mother proclaims that the impending wedding of her daughter Twinky (Rishma Malik) and Bobby will not take place until Rahul has found himself a bride first. The pressure mounts on Rahul as he finds out that Twinky must get married to preserve the family's reputation because she is pregnant.
Glitter
Glitter (2001)
, 1h44
Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Terrence Howard, Dorian Harewood, Da Brat, Tia Texada
Rating24% 1.206911.206911.206911.206911.20691
Lillian Frank is a performer at a nightclub. Lillian tries to rouse the crowd with her torch song, "Lillie's Blues", with her daughter Billie Frank accompanying her on vocals. The plot fails and Lillian is fired. Lilian feels defeated and lights a cigarette, accidentally falls asleep with it and starts a fire, causing the building to be evacuated. Due to her mother's actions, Billie is fostered.
The Five Senses, 1h46
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Mary-Louise Parker, Pascale Bussières, Gabrielle Rose, Molly Parker, Brendan Fletcher, Philippe Volter
Roles Todd
Rating66% 3.345933.345933.345933.345933.34593
The Five Senses is about interconnected stories linked by a building which examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by Ruth Seraph, a massage therapist who is treating Anna Miller. Ruth's daughter Rachel accidentally loses Anna's pre-school daughter, Amy Lee, in the park, when Rachel is distracted by the sight of a couple making love in the woods. Rachel meets a voyeur named Rupert (vision), and they become friends as fellow outsiders while he teaches her the pleasure of observing others. They eventually go to one of Rachel's hiding places, where she has him dress like a woman.
Bogus
Bogus (1996)
, 1h50
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment, Nancy Travis, Andrea Martin, Denis Mercier
Roles Office Worker
Rating54% 2.7069252.7069252.7069252.7069252.706925
A fantasy, it tells the story of seven-year-old Albert Franklin (Haley Joel Osment), the son of a Las Vegas magician's widowed assistant (Nancy Travis). His mother dies suddenly in a car accident and Albert, who is now an orphan, is sent to New Jersey to live with his mother's foster sister, Harriet (Whoopi Goldberg). The plot revolves around Albert, and his imaginary friend named Bogus (Gérard Depardieu), a French magician, who helps the boy cope with his transition. Gradually Harriet, who can also see Bogus, comes to terms with her new situation as well.
Getting Away with Murder, 1h32
Directed by Harvey Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin, Bonnie Hunt, Brian Kerwin, Jerry Adler
Roles Electronic Salesman
Rating47% 2.357932.357932.357932.357932.35793
Jack Lambert's (Dan Aykroyd) neighbor Max Mueller (Jack Lemnon) is revealed on the TV news to be the escaped Nazi war criminal Karl Luger who was sentenced to death by the courts. Under the constant duress of the news media's allegations, Mueller plans to flee to South America.
Exotica
Exotica (1994)
, 1h43
Directed by Atom Egoyan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, David Hemblen, Sarah Polley, Victor Garber, Bruce Greenwood
Roles Man at Opera
Rating69% 3.4966553.4966553.4966553.4966553.496655
Exotica presents a disparate group of characters whose lives are interconnected by the murder of Francis Brown's (Bruce Greenwood) daughter, with much of the film taking place in a strip club called Exotica. Christina (Mia Kirshner) is an exotic dancer at Exotica, owned by Zoe (Arsinée Khanjian). Eric (Elias Koteas) is the club's DJ and Christina's former boyfriend; both are involved in a complex relationship with Zoe, who is carrying Eric's child. Francis is a customer who comes in on alternate evenings and always has Christina—dressed in a schoolgirl uniform—give him a private dance. This inspires Eric's jealousy.
Trial by Jury, 1h47
Directed by Heywood Gould
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Mike Starr
Roles Rafael, Juror
Rating54% 2.7028352.7028352.7028352.7028352.702835
Crime boss Rusty Pirone (Armand Assante) is about to stand trial again and Daniel Graham (Gabriel Byrne) of the district attorney's office is determined this time to put him behind bars.
Short Circuit 2, 1h46
Directed by Kenneth Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Heist films, Gangster films, Robot films, Escroquerie
Actors Tim Blaney, Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston, David Hemblen
Roles Bones
Rating57% 2.8553052.8553052.8553052.8553052.855305
Benjamin Jahrvi (Fisher Stevens), now unemployed, is peddling sophisticated toy robots that he makes himself by hand on the street corners of New York City. One robot wanders away from his stand and by chance makes its way into the office of Sandy Banatoni (Cynthia Gibb), a scout for a major toy company. Sandy tracks Ben down and orders 1,000 of his toys. Overhearing this offer is con artist Fred Ritter (Michael McKean), who smooth-talks his way into becoming Ben's business partner in the deal and later acquires the funding Ben needs to get his assembly line started from a loan shark.

Producer

What We Have, 1h29
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Roberta Maxwell, Kristen Thomson, Marie-Ève Perron
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59% 2.982952.982952.982952.982952.98295
Tout juste débarqué de France, Maurice s’installe dans un petit village du nord du Canada.Solitaire dans l’âme, il peine à s’ouvrir au monde extérieur et à rencontrer d’autres garçons. Même quand il va dans les bois à la recherche d’aventures d’un soir, il n’échange jamais de numéro… Pourtant il aime la compagnie d’Allan, un jeune adolescent renfermé et mal dans sa peau à qui il donne des cours de français. Il entretient aussi une relation avec Michael qu’il a rencontré dans la troupe de théâtre local où il joue une pièce. Entre les deux son cœur semble balancer… Entre attirance pour Michael et sentiments complexes qu’il ressent pour Allan mais qui pourraient bien l’entrainer sur un terrain glissant.
Poor Boy's Game, 1h44
Directed by Clément Virgo
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Transgender in film, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise, LGBT-related film
Actors Danny Glover, Rossif Sutherland, Flex Alexander, Greg Bryk, Laura Regan, K.C. Collins
Roles Producer
Rating62% 3.145413.145413.145413.145413.14541
Donnie Rose fut emprisonné pour avoir battu un jeune homme noir, demeuré handicapé pour le reste de sa vie. Neuf ans plus tard, Donnie s'est assagi et, maintenant libéré, il doit retourner dans le milieu violent qui l'a créé.
Lie with Me, 1h33
Directed by Clément Virgo
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Lauren Lee Smith, Eric Balfour, Polly Shannon, Ron White, Mayko Nguyen, Don Francks
Roles Producer
Rating52% 2.600492.600492.600492.600492.60049
The camera slowly zooms out on a young woman masturbating to a porn tape. She gets up abruptly and goes out to a party, looking for sex. Leila has learned she has some power over men with sex but feels a part of her is still untouched, holding back, despite her assertiveness. Before she can choose a partner for the night she is corraled by David, into a bathroom, while his girlfriend calls through the door. She leaves, but keeps her eye on David as she picks up a shy guy, with whom she has sex against a fence outside as David watches from his car while his girlfriend fellates him. Leila is in complete control of her encounter while David remains completely passive.