Mario Andreacchio
Australian film producer/director
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Mario Andreacchio is an Australian film producer/director.
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Andreacchio on set in South Africa | |
| Born | Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupations | Film director, writer, producer |
Early life and education
Mario Andreacchio was born in Leigh Creek, South Australia to Italian parents.[1]
He graduated from Flinders University with a degree in Psychology and went on to train as a director at the Australian Film and Television School.[citation needed]
Career
Andreacchio has directed feature films, television specials, telemovies, children's mini-series, and documentaries.
In 1988, he won an International Emmy Award in the Children and Young People category for Captain Johnno,[2] an episode of the 1988 Touch the Sun TV series.[1]
In 2007 Andreacchio founded a film production company, AMPCO Films Pty Ltd (Adelaide Motion Picture Company), based in the Adelaide suburb of Norwood.[citation needed] As of August 2024[update] the company is still registered.[3] In 2008, AMPCO, Hong Kong company Salon Films, and Zhejiang Hengdian in China announced an agreement to co-produce three films at the Hengdian World Studios.[4]
Other activities
He has served on the boards of the Australian Film Finance Corporation and the South Australian Film Corporation.[citation needed]
Partial filmography
- Fair Game (1986)
- The Dreaming (1988)
- Captain Johnno (1988)
- Sky Trackers (1994)
- Napoleon (1995)
- The Real Macaw (1998)
- Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien (1999)
- Young Blades (2001)
- Paradise Found (2003)
- Elephant Tales (2005)[5]
- The Dragon Pearl (2011)