Mario Andreacchio

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

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

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.

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

• 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)
• The Dragon Pearl (2011)

Sources

• 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)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 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.

External links

• Mario Andreacchio at IMDb