Mario Philip Azzopardi

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth Malta

Also Known As Mario Philip Azzopardi, Mario Azzopardi

Mario Philip Azzopardi

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.

Known For

Director

2015
2012
WitchSlayer Gretl

as Director

2009
2007
Lies and Crimes

as Director

2007
Still Small Voices

as Director

2006
2006
Angela's Eyes

as Director

2004
Stargate Atlantis

as Director

2002
Savage Messiah

as Director

2002
The Stork Derby

as Director

2002
Jeremiah

as Director

2002
Stargate Infinity

as Director

2002
Dinotopia

as Director

2001
Stiletto Dance

as Director

2000
On Hostile Ground

as Director

1999
The Time Shifters

as Director

1999
Free Fall

as Director

1999
Total Recall 2070

as Director

1998
Bone Daddy

as Director

1997
Stargate SG-1

as Director

1996
FX: The Series

as Director

1996
1996
Two

as Director

1995
Die einzige Zeugin

as Director

1995
Sliders

as Director

1995
The Outer Limits

as Director

1994
M.A.N.T.I.S.

as Director

1994
Viper

as Director

1993
Matrix

as Director

1992
Human Target

as Director

1992
1990
Divided Loyalties

as Director

1990
The Flash

as Director

1990
Counterstrike

as Director

1989
True Blue

as Director

1989
Booker

as Director

1988
1988
Knightwatch

as Director

1987
Nowhere to Hide

as Director

1987
Wiseguy

as Director

1987
Diamonds

as Director

1985
Night Heat

as Director

1984
Toronto Trilogy

as Director

1980
Deadline

as Director

1979
The Littlest Hobo

as Director

1971
The Cage

as Director

Writer

1995
1980
Deadline

as Story

1980
Deadline

as Screenplay

1971
The Cage

as Writer

Producer

2021
Blood on the Crown

as Executive Producer

2009
ZOS: Zone of Separation

as Executive Producer

2004
Stargate Atlantis

as Producer

Actor

1992
Highlander: The Series

as The Count (uncredited)