MICHAEL DAMIAN – BIO
Michael Damian (Weir) has released five albums and has had eight Top 40 hits including the Billboard #1 single "ROCK ON", which earned him gold records in the US, Canada and Japan. He won the BMI Song-writing Award for his hit single "WAS IT NOTHING AT ALL” and also has 2 tracks on the “FLICKA 2” soundtrack.
Damian is most widely known for his eighteen year run on the #1-rated daytime drama, "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS". He also starred as “Joseph” in the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, which broke box office records in both Los Angeles and on Broadway and earned Damian a Grammy nomination.
In 2005 Michael Damian formed Riviera Films with his wife Janeen Damian to develop and produce independent films. Since the company’s founding, Damian has served as director, writer and producer of all the company’s completed feature films, including MOONDANCE ALEXANDER, starring Don Johnson, Kay Panabaker and Lori Loughlin and crime comedy HOT TAMALE. Damian helmed 20th Century Fox’s FLICKA 2 and is doing the same for them on the forthcoming FLICKA 3. He was writer/director on MARLEY AND ME: THE PUPPY YEARS for 20th Century Fox. Damian served as writer/director/producer on the 2011 romantic comedy A PRINCESS FOR CHRISTMAS. Prior to founding Riviera Films, Damian wrote and directed the film FINDERS KEEPERS and television pilot RED EYE for TF1.
