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Aliases: Mario Philip Azzopardi , Mario Azzopardi

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Malta

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Movie Involvements: 30

TV Involvements: 34


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1950 in Malta; resident of Toronto, Canada), is a television and film director and writer. He has worked on such shows as The Outer Limits, Stargate SG-1 (including its two-hour pilot), and Stargate Atlantis. In 2008 he directed all eight episodes of the highly acclaimed and award winning HBO Canada/TMN miniseries ZOS: Zone of Separation, which he co created and produced. Mario Philip Azzopardi should not be confused with Maltese poet, short story writer and columnist Mario Azzopardi (born 1944), who is also involved in theatre and directs the Malta Drama Centre. In 1971, while still a student at the Royal University of Malta, he directed Gaġġa, presumed to be the first full-length feature filmed entirely in Maltese. Transferred to digital format and enhanced, the film was re-released in Malta in March 2007. Azzopardi left his native Malta for Canada in 1978, following a dispute with local censors and theatre authorities who, in 1977, had cancelled his play, Sulari Fuq Strada Stretta, on the grounds that it was too offensive; the play was eventually presented at the Manoel Theatre in January 2008. Azzopardi was educated at St Aloysius' College (Birkirkara, Malta), and the Royal University of Malta. Azzopardi is married to Therese and has three children, Lara Azzopardi, Kyra Azzopardi and Yari Azzopardi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Azzopardi,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Stargate SG-1
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8

Stargate SG-1

(1997) Director
Highlander: The Series
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7

Highlander: The Series

(1992) Director
Stargate Atlantis
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8

Stargate Atlantis

(2004) Producer
Wiseguy
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6

Wiseguy

(1987) Director
Viper
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6

Viper

(1994) Director
The Outer Limits
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8

The Outer Limits

(1995) Writer
In the Heat of the Night
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7

In the Heat of the Night

(1988) Director
FX: The Series
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6

FX: The Series

(1996) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1992 The Count (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Executive Producer
2009 Executive Producer
2004 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Director
2014 Director
2012 Director
Director
2009 Director
Director
2007 Director
Director
2006 Director
Director
2004 Director
2002 Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
2001 Director
Director
2000 Director
1999 Director
Director
Director
Director
1998 Director
1997 Director
1996 Director
Director
Director
1995 Director
Director
Director
1994 Director
Director
1993 Director
Director
1992 Director
Director
1990 Director
Director
Director
1989 Director
Director
1988 Director
Director
1987 Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
1985 Director
1984 Director
1980 Director
1979 Director
1971 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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