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David Giammarco 
David Giammarco attends the 2006 Academy Awards Ceremony at the Kodak Theater, Hollywood, CaliforniaBorn David Michael Giammarco
Toronto, CanadaOccupation Actor, Television Host, Journalist, Author Website http://www.davidgiammarco.com/ David 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.
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Background
David Giammarco was born in Toronto, spent his summers in California, and attended school in Canada. He studied drama and filmmaking at York University and started as an entertainment reporter at 14 years old, writing celebrity feature interviews for 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 Hollywood Reporter. In 2002, he wrote the book For Your Eyes Only: Behind The Scenes of the James Bond Films (ECW Press), an account of the James Bond legacy from the key participants. Sir Roger Moore described the book as full of "Fascinating stories, details, anecdotes...David Giammarco's book is a great addition to the legacy that is 007!" Pierce Brosnan stated "David Giammarco has written a book about James Bond that will be enjoyed for many years to come. For any lover of the movies, and in particular Bond, this is a must-have book on your shelf! Maud Adams said, "David Giammarco's new book, For Your Eyes Only: Behind The Scenes of the James Bond Films, is a thorough and entertaining fount of fascinating facts from the annals of James Bond. With so much having been written about 007, this book contains an impressive amount of new information in an accessible format. It belongs on the shelf of everyone with an interest in the Bond films." [2][3][4] 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.[5][6][7]
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.[8]
Television and Film
The November / December 2008 special James Bond edition of Cigar Aficionado written by David Giammarco.
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.[9][10]
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.[11][12][13][14]
In 2004, Giammarco appeared in Freddy vs. Jason for New Line Cinema, as well as the romantic baseball comedy The Pitcher and the Pin-Up for Universal.[15][16] 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.[17]
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 3.[18][19][20][21]
References
- ^ "ECW Biography". http://www.ecwpress.com/biographies/david_giammarco.
- ^ "For Your Eyes Only: Behind the Scenes of the James Bond Films". http://www.ecwpress.com/books/your_eyes_only.
- ^ "IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/media/rm99188736/nm1250389.
- ^ "ECW Press". http://www.ecwpress.com/books/your_eyes_only.
- ^ "IFA". http://www.articlesintl.com/new/dwr/main_ourteam.htm#menu.
- ^ "Cigar Aficionado". http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,6,00.html.
- ^ "JFK Lancer". http://www.jfklancer.com/dallas07/speakers.html.
- ^ "Commander Bond". http://commanderbond.net/5741/cigar-aficionados-james-bond-special.html.
- ^ "IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1250389/.
- ^ "IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1250389/bio.
- ^ "CTV". http://ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release_print.asp?id=6362.
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- ^ "CTV NEWS". http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20070719/emmy_awards070719?hub=EdmontonHome.
- ^ "IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1250389/bio.
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- ^ "CTV". http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060502/cruise_mexico_060504?hub=MontrealHome949.
- ^ "The National Post". http://www.nationalpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=87dc39ac-a483-4097-adfb-201e7e5dbd5b&k=13756.
- ^ "CTV News". http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20050618/Cruise_Holmes_050617?hub=OttawaHome.
- ^ "CTV News". http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20050618/Cruise_Holmes_050617/.
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- Canadian non-fiction writers
- Canadian television actors
- Canadian film actors
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Living people
- James Bond
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