Producer Mitchell Galin is a veteran filmmaker with an extensive filmography in both television movies/specials and theatrical motion pictures. Through his over 25-year career, he has developed and/or overseen the production of 10 features, over 30 television productions, four documentaries and two theatre productions.

Galin was formerly a partner/owner in the New York based production company New Amsterdam Entertainment. At NAE, he was President and COO for six years. In 2000, Galin, a Nashville resident, formed the Nashville-based producing entity, On the Lam Productions, subsequently renamed Epiphany Productions, LLC. Epiphany was established to provide Galin a vehicle to produce low budget (below $15m) independent-style features and create new media projects. Epiphany also serves projects similar to those Galin developed and produced with both Laurel Entertainment and New Amsterdam Entertainment. Another asset of the company is its function as a service organization to loan out Galin’s production expertise.

Galin recently completed the production of the feature film Apostles of Comedy which was released in 2009. Currently Galin is in post-production of the documentaries Will of the People and Journey to Everest as well as the first segment of the six-part documentary series God's Children. He has just commenced production of the documentary mini-series Voices of Freedom, which chronicles the relationship between the growth of network news and the success of the Civil Rights movement.

In 2008, Galin completed a pilot for a children’s series, The Book of Adventure and Dear Santa, an ABC Family Christmas Special. This pilot project was produced in Nashville, implementing one of Epiphany Productions’ strategic goals of designing long-form programming that can be produced in the southeast under a more cost-effective financial model. This strategy is further enhanced when combined with the recent passage of Tennessee and Georgia legislation that provides superior film incentives.

Epiphany Productions is currently developing a number of projects in both the music/live performance and documentary arena. The film Apostles of Comedy  is the first initiative of creating a comedy brand. Galin was also one of the producers in the filming and coordination of talent for Project Restore, a Nashville-centric tsunami benefit

In addition to presiding over Epiphany Productions projects, Galin has also served as managing director, and is currently on the board of Kid Pan Alley, a non-profit curriculum-based music enrichment program that teaches grade school children creative writing through a new and innovative songwriting method. Kid Pan Alley’s latest album, in collaboration with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and featuring guest stars such as Amy Grant and Kix Brooks, has won the prestigious Parent’s Choice Award in Music and 2005 National Parenting Publications Gold Award. In 2007 Kid Pan Alley began a pilot program Galin developed in partnership with the Monroe Catrell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt consisting of working with children with serious illnesses.

With respect to New Media, Galin has served as a consultant to Fylmz.com, a movie-centric website that went on-line in early 2006. Additionally, Epiphany Productions is consulting with two burgeoning satellite/internet channels. Epiphany is also developing a series of Internet branding initiatives that is scheduled to go into production in 2009.

Galin’s prior credits for television include executive producing the following award-winning productions: Dune, a six-hour miniseries based on Frank Herbert’s Sci-Fi classic which received three Emmy’s and aired on the Sci-Fi network; A Season in Purgatory, a four-hour CBS Television miniseries based on the Dominic Dunne bestseller; for ABC, a four-hour miniseries Stephen King’s The Langoliers and an eight-hour miniseries Stephen King’s The Stand, which collectively received six Emmy’s; and The Vernon Johns Story, a two-hour television movie starring James Earl Jones which received the prestigious Christopher Award, three awards at the Monte Carlo Film Festival and the Grand Award at the Worldfest-Charleston International Film Festival.

Galin also produced Precious Victims and the CBS series Stephen King’s The Golden Years and San Berdoo,” an ABC series pilot produced in association with Aaron Spelling. Galin was the Executive in Charge of Production on Laurel Entertainment’s syndicated TV series Monsters, for which he was also the co-creator, and on Tales From the Darkside.

Galin’s other feature producer credits include Stephen King’s The Night Flier, which was released by New Line Cinema, as well as Thinner, Pet Sematary, and Tales From the Darkside: The Movie which were released by Paramount Pictures Corp. He served as an Associate Producer on the New World Entertainment release Creepshow 2 and developed and was the production supervisor on New Line Cinemas’s Lilly in Love and Brady’s Escape.

In addition to James Earl Jones, other Oscar-winning actors and actresses Galin has worked with include Katharine Hepburn, James Cagney, Peter O’Toole, Jodie Foster, William Hurt, Kathy Bates, George Scott, Maggie Smith, George Kennedy and William Hickey.

Prior to the formation of New Amsterdam, Galin was the Executive Vice President of Production for Laurel Entertainment. He also worked as the Director of Creative Affairs for the film production division of Reader’s Digest, and served as Director of Development and Production Supervisor for Robert Halmi, Inc. During his tenure with Robert Halmi and Reader’s Digest, Galin developed and/or oversaw more than 20 television productions, including Terrible Joe Moran, starring James Cagney; Svengali, which starred Peter O’Toole and Jodie Foster; two feature films; one documentaries; and the CBS television series Nurse.

In 2005 Galin was appointed by Governor Bredesen to the Tennessee Film Production Advisory Committee, which completed a report recommending legislation for a state sponsored film incentive program. This report served as the foundation for the recently passed film incentive legislation that should have a significant impact on the growth of the industry in Tennessee. He is the past President and currently serves as the Board of FilmNashville as well as the Boards of the Nashville Screenwriters Conference and Kid Pan Alley. He previously served on the Board of the Nashville Film Festival. While living in New York, Galin served on the Boards of New Dramatists, the most prestigious dramaturgical theatre organization in the country, and the Atlantic Theatre Company, which was founded by David Mamet and William Macy. Galin was also on the advisory board and served as a consultant to the Independent Features Project, the largest association of independent filmmakers in the country, with branches on both coasts and the Mid-West.

Galin is a frequent guest lecturer at Columbia University, NYU, New School of Social Research, Vanderbilt and Belmont and is an adjunct professor at Watkins College of Art and Design. He also appears often as a guest panelist at prominent professional seminars such as Sundance and IFP Market. Galin is a member of the Writers Guild of America, Producers Guild and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Additionally his writing and editorial work has been published both in the United States and England.

Mitchell Galin Filmography