Mario Andreacchio

Mario Andreacchio (born 1 January 1955) is an Australian film producer/director.

Mario Andreacchio
Mario Andreacchio on set in South Africa
Born (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955
Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia
OccupationFilm director, writer, and producer

Born in Leigh Creek, South Australia to Italian parents, Andreacchio graduated from Flinders University with a degree in Psychology (after originally going to University to study Experimental Physics), and then was selected to study at the Australian Film and Television School to train as a film director. He has directed nine cinema feature films, made a series of television specials, two telemovies, three children's mini-series and a variety of documentaries. In 1988, he won an International Emmy Award in the 'Children and Young People' category for Captain Johnno, an episode of the 1988 Touch the Sun TV series.[1]

In 2008 Andreacchio founded a film production company AMPCO FILMS PTY LTD (the Adelaide Motion Picture Company), based in Norwood, South Australia.

He has served on the boards of the Australian Film Finance Corporation and the South Australian Film Corporation.

Partial filmography

References
  1. Interview with Mario Andreacchio' Signet 20 September 1998 Archived 12 January 2013 at Archive.today accessed 14 October 2012
  • Adelaide Motion Picture Company website
  • "Hengdian, Salon pact for "Last Dragon" Variety Magazine". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  • "Transcript of interview with George Negus in 2004 (Australian Broadcasting Commission)". Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  • "Australian Film Commission description of Elephant Tales". Archived from the original on 28 April 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  • "International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – previous award winners". Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2008.

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