Mario Andreacchio
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Mario Andreacchio is an Australian film producer/director.
Born in Leigh Creek, South Australia
, 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 & 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 for Captain Johnno
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Andreacchio founded a film production company AMPCO FILMS PTY LTD (the Adelaide Motion Picture Company), based in Norwood, South Australia
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Andreacchio has served on the boards of the Australian Film Finance Corporation and the South Australian Film Corporation.
Born in Leigh Creek, South Australia
Leigh Creek, South Australia
Leigh Creek is a coal-mining town in the north of South Australia. At the 2006 census, Leigh Creek had a population of 549....
, Andreacchio graduated from Flinders University
Flinders University
Flinders University, , is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century.The university has established a reputation as a leading research...
with a degree in Psychology (after originally going to University to study Experimental Physics), and then was selected to study at the Australian Film & 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 for Captain Johnno
Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)
Touch the Sun was a television series commissioned by the Australian Children's Television Foundation in 1988 as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations. It may have been intended that seven feature-length episodes were produced, one for each State, plus the Northern Territory, but only six...
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Andreacchio founded a film production company AMPCO FILMS PTY LTD (the Adelaide Motion Picture Company), based in Norwood, South Australia
Norwood, South Australia
Norwood is a suburb of Adelaide, about 4 km east of the Adelaide city centre. The suburb is in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, the oldest South Australian local government municipality, with a city population over 34,000.-History:...
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Andreacchio has served on the boards of the Australian Film Finance Corporation and the South Australian Film Corporation.
Partial filmography
- Fair GameFair Game (1986 film)Fair Game is a 1986 Australian action thriller film directed by Mario Andreacchio from a screenplay by Rob George.A young woman who runs a wildlife sanctuary in the Outback is menaced by three kangaroo hunters who have entered the sanctuary looking for new game....
(1986) - The Dreaming (1988)
- Captain Johnno (1988)
- NapoleonNapoleon (1995 film)Napoleon is a 1995 Australian film directed by Mario Andreacchio, and written by Mark Saltzman about a golden retriever puppy who runs away from his city home to the wild dogs.- Plot :...
(1995) - The Real Macaw (1998)
- Sally Marshall is not an Alien (1999)
- Young Blades (2001)
- Paradise FoundParadise Found (film)Paradise Found is a 2003 biographical film based on the life of Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin.-Plot:The film covers a later part of Gauguin's life when he resigned his job as a stock broker to paint full-time and journey to Polynesia...
(2003) - Elephant Tales (2005)
- The Dragon PearlThe Dragon PearlThe Dragon Pearl is a 2011 family film that follows the story of two teenagers who meet in China to encounter a real live Chinese dragon, and also discover the mystery behind the whereabouts of his all powerful pearl....
(2010)