Mario Andreacchio

Australian film producer/director

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

Mario Andreacchio is an Australian film producer/director.

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)

References

^ ^a ^b Interview with Mario Andreacchio' Signet 20 September 1998 Archived 12 January 2013 at archive.today accessed 14 October 2012
^ "International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – previous award winners". Archived from the original on 5 December 2007.
^ "Historical details for ABN 84 126 980 603". ABN Lookup. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ "Hengdian, Salon pact for "Last Dragon" Variety Magazine". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
^ "Australian Film Commission description of Elephant Tales". Archived from the original on 28 April 2008.