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

Leigh Creek, South Australia Leigh Creek is a former coal-mining town in eastern central South Australia. At the 2016 census, Leigh Creek had a population of 245, a 55% decrease from 550 in the previous census in 2011. Situated to the west of the northern Flinders Ranges, ...

to Italian parents, Andreacchio graduated from

Flinders University Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...

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 The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. The school is a Commonwealth Government statutory authority. History Establish ...

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 ''Touch the Sun'' is a series of television films commissioned by Patricia Edgar for the Australian Children's Television Foundation. It was to be the ACTF's project for the Australian Bicentenary celebrations in 1988. The Australian Bicentennial ...

'', an episode of the 1988 '' Touch the Sun'' TV series.Interview with Mario Andreacchio' ''Signet'' 20 September 1998
accessed 14 October 2012 In 2008 Andreacchio founded a film production company AMPCO FILMS PTY LTD (the Adelaide Motion Picture Company), based in

Norwood, South Australia Norwood is a suburb of Adelaide, about east of the Adelaide city centre. The suburb is in the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, whose predecessor was the oldest South Australian local government municipality. History Before British colon ...

. He has served on the boards of the

Australian Film Finance Corporation The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) was the government agency responsible for funding commercial productions of Australian film, documentary, and television from 1988 to 2008. Unlike other publicly funded organisations responsible for f ...

and the

South Australian Film Corporation South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Studios are managed ...

Partial filmography

*'' Fair Game'' (1986) *''

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'' (1988) *''

Sky Trackers The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

'' (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)

References

Sources

Adelaide Motion Picture Company website
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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreacchio, Mario Australian film directors Australian people of Italian descent 1955 births Living people Emmy Award winners Australian Film Television and Radio School alumni