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David Giammarco
David Giammarco attends the 2006 Academy Awards Ceremony at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California
Born
David Michael Giammarco

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Actor, Television Host, Journalist, Author
Websitewww.davidgiammarco.com

David Michael Giammarco is a Canadian-born television personality, actor, journalist, and author of the book For Your Eyes Only: Behind the Scenes of the James Bond Films.

Background

David Giammarco was born in

The Toronto Sun and hosting a radio show.[1]

Journalist and author

Giammarco has written for American magazines and newspapers including Playboy, Hello!, The Times, The Sunday Telegraph and The Hollywood Reporter. In 2002, he wrote the book For Your Eyes Only: Behind The Scenes of the James Bond Films, an account of James Bond. His investigation and reporting on the secret history of the Cold War be included in the historical collection of U.S. Record at the National Archives in Washington.[2][3][4]

Giammarco wrote the James Bond edition of the November/December 2008 issue of Cigar Aficionado, featuring interviews with Daniel Craig and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. It became the magazine's biggest-selling issue.[5]

Television and film

In 1998, David Giammarco wrote, directed, and starred in the spoof Twi-Lite Zone: The Last Episode for

The Comedy Network, and in 1999 wrote, directed, and starred in the satire DMG, which also featured cameo performances from Dan Aykroyd, Leslie Nielsen, Martin Short, Don Rickles, and G. Gordon Liddy.[6][7]

In 2003, David Giammarco joined the TV show

eTalk Daily as Senior Entertainment Reporter and Host, broadcast nationally on CTV, MTV e2 and MTV Screen. Giammarco brought to eTalk celebrity interviews, with his Hollywood coverage also including national news channel CTV NewsNet as well as CTV morning show Canada AM.[8][9][10][11]

In 2004, Giammarco appeared in

Universal.[12][13] Giammarco was in the 2008 political comedy Swing Vote, where he appeared alongside Kevin Costner, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, and Nathan Lane. The film, produced by Kevin Costner, was shot on location in New Mexico and released by Touchstone Pictures. Later that year, Giammarco featured in the Ian Fleming docudrama True Bond, which was broadcast worldwide and coincided with the release of the 22nd James Bond film Quantum of Solace.[14]

In 2005, Giammarco was invited on a world tour by Tom Cruise and director Steven Spielberg for War of the Worlds. In 2006, Tom Cruise and Giammarco, along with director J. J. Abrams, repeated a similar flight plan around the globe for the world tour of Mission: Impossible III.[15][16][17][18]

References

  1. ^ "ECW Biography".[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "IFA". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Cigar Aficionado". Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  4. ^ "JFK Lancer".
  5. ^ "Commander Bond". 2 November 2008.
  6. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.
  7. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.
  8. ^ "CTV". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  9. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.
  10. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.
  11. ^ "CTV NEWS". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011.
  12. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.
  13. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.
  14. ^ "IMDB". IMDb.
  15. ^ "CTV". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011.
  16. ^ "The National Post".[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "CTV News". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  18. ^ "CTV News".[dead link]

External links

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