Mario Andreacchio
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 Mario Andreacchio on set in South Africa.
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| Born | January 1, 1955 Leigh Creek, South Australia |
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| Occupation | Film director, writer, and producer |
Emmy Award winning film director, Mario Andreacchio graduated from Flinders University (South Australia) with a degree in Psychology (after originally going to University to study Experimental Physics), and then was selected to study at the prestigious Australian Film & Television School to train as a Film Director. He has received script commissions to write feature length screenplays, has directed seven cinema feature films, has made a series of television specials, two telemovies, three children's mini-series and has an impressive list of award winning documentaries and dramatised documentaries to his credit.
Mario is also a member of the Australian Screen Directors' Association (ASDA), the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG). He is also a founder of Australian Film Finance Corporation. Mario's film production company is the Adelaide Motion Picture Company and is based in Norwood, South Australia.
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[edit] Napoleon
His feature film, Napoleon, was inspired by his children while watching another animal film. Napoleon pulls together Mario's diverse skills and experiences to produce "a visual feast of images, cleverly crafted together into an ingenious piece of storytelling" (Bill Conti, 1995). Napoleon is a joint venture with Japanese company, Herald Ace, and was released worldwide throughout 1996 and 1997.
[edit] The Real Macaw
The Real Macaw, a family adventure story of a talking parrot, was released to strong reviews in 1998. It was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States.
[edit] Sally Marshall is not an Alien
Sally Marshall is not an Alien was a Canadian-Australian co-production, successfully premiered in Australia to strong reviews and excellent box-office, making it the second highest grossing Australian film of 1999.
[edit] Young Blades
Young Blades was a US-French production is about the Three Musketeers when they were teenagers and still at Musketeer school. The success of the movie has created the first French series to be sold to an American network.
[edit] Paradise Found
Paradise Found was an Australian-French-UK-German co-production, is an epic true-story based on the life of French painter Paul Gauguin. Starring Kiefer Sutherland as Paul Gauguin with Nastassja Kinski as his wife, the movie was released worldwide during the centenary of Paul Gauguin, in 2003.
[edit] Elephant Tales
One of Andreacchio's latest live action family adventure movie, Elephant Tales, was shot in KwaZuluNatal, South Africa in 2005. Elephant Tales is a moving and magical tale of two elephant brothers, Tutu and Zef, in search of their mother, and the menagerie of wild creatures they encounter along the way. Just days after the birth of baby elephant Tutu, human hunters arrive late at night and decimate the herd. Faced with the loss of their family, Tutu and Zef set off across the African plain in search of a future. Elephant Tales is an Australian-French co-production, and was released by United International Pictures in France in October, 2006. Elephant Tales was theatrically released in Adelaide (Australia) over the Easter period to a very good box office result. It will be released for the rest of Australia nationally in July, 2007, through the newly established distribution arm of Adelaide Motion Picture Company.
[edit] The Last Dragon
Recently, Andreacchio's latest live action film entitled The Last Dragon was announced. Filming is to be shot between March and June 2008. It follows the story of a teenage boy who has moved to Southern China for the holidays with his archaeologist father, who is trying to find the tomb of an ancient king. The boy eventually befriends a girl, and is drawn to a cave. There, he discovers a dragon whom he develops a friendship with. The picture is due to commence principal photography in October 2008.
