{{short description|Australian film producer/director|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Mario Andreacchio | image = marioandreacchio.jpg | caption = Andreacchio on set in South Africa | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Leigh Creek, South Australia]], Australia | occupation = Film director, writer, producer | yearsactive = | spouse = }}
'''Mario Andreacchio''' is an Australian film producer/director.
==Early life and education== Mario Andreacchio was born in [[Leigh Creek, South Australia]] to Italian parents.<ref name=interview1998/>
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|date=August 2024}}
==Career== Andreacchio has directed feature films, television specials, telemovies, children's mini-series, and documentaries.
In 1988, he won an [[List of International Emmy Award winners#Children and Young People|International Emmy Award]] in the Children and Young People category for ''[[Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)|Captain Johnno]]'',<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.iemmys.tv/awards_previous.aspx| title = International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – previous award winners | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071205001705/http://www.iemmys.tv/awards_previous.aspx | archive-date = 5 December 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> an episode of the 1988 ''[[Touch the Sun (Australian TV series)|Touch the Sun]]'' TV series.<ref name=interview1998>[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Mario+Andreacchio&bl Interview with Mario Andreacchio' ''Signet'' 20 September 1998] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130112025617/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Mario+Andreacchio&bl |date=12 January 2013 }} accessed 14 October 2012</ref>
In 2007 Andreacchio founded a film production company, AMPCO Films Pty Ltd (Adelaide Motion Picture Company), based in the Adelaide suburb of [[Norwood, South Australia|Norwood]].{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} {{as of|August 2024}} the company is still registered.<ref>{{cite web | title=Historical details for ABN 84 126 980 603 | website=ABN Lookup | url=https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=84126980603 | access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7197/ | title = Hengdian, Salon pact for "Last Dragon" Variety Magazine | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081014211626/http://varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7197/ | archivedate = 14 October 2008 }}</ref>
==Other activities== He has served on the boards of the [[Australian Film Finance Corporation]] and the [[South Australian Film Corporation]].{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
==Partial filmography== *''[[Fair Game (1986 film)|Fair Game]]'' (1986) *''[[The Dreaming (1988 film)|The Dreaming]]'' (1988) *''[[Captain Johnno]]'' (1988) *''[[Sky Trackers]]'' (1994) *''[[Napoleon (1995 film)|Napoleon]]'' (1995) *''[[The Real Macaw (film)|The Real Macaw]]'' (1998) *''[[Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien]]'' (1999) *''[[Young Blades]]'' (2001) *''[[Paradise Found (film)|Paradise Found]]'' (2003) *''[[Elephant Tales (2006 film)|Elephant Tales]]'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentfilms/cannes06/feature_168.aspx | title = Australian Film Commission description of ''Elephant Tales'' | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080428200259/http://www.afc.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentfilms/cannes06/feature_168.aspx | archivedate = 28 April 2008 }}</ref> *''[[The Dragon Pearl]]'' (2011)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0028196}} *{{official website|https://www.ampcofilms.com/|AMPCO Films}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041124230858/http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1100212.htm Transcript of interview] with [[George Negus]] in 2004
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