Jerry Ciccoritti
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Jerry Ciccoritti (born August 5, 1956 in Toronto) is a Canadian film, television and theatre director. His ability to work in a number of genres and for many mediums has made him one of the most successful directors in the country.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Toronto, Ciccoritti became active in amateur drama in high school and was one of the founders of Buddies in Bad Times theatre in 1978 and of the Rhubarb Theatre Festival in 1979. He attended the film program at York University but dropped out to work in the burgeoning Toronto film industry. With Robert Bergman, he producd and directed the low-budget horror film Psycho Girls (1985). Several other genre films followed, eventually leading to work in episodic television and television movies. Ciccoritti was instrumental in developing the tv series Catwalk (1992) and Straight Up (1996) and began a secondary career as a director of big-budget televison movies and miniseries with Net Worth (1995), a drama about hockey player Ted Lindsay's battles with the NHL on behalf of his fellow players. Other films dealing with historical subject matter include and the popular Trudeau. Ciccoritti has also made a name for himself as a chronicler of the Italian-Canadian experience, with films like Boy Meets Girl (1998) and the television adaptation of Nino Ricci's Lives of the Saints. His theatrical release Blood (2204) was a well-received thriller shot on digital video. Most recently, Ciccoritti completed shooting the movie of the week, The Terrorist Next Door, about Ahmed Ressam, the so-called "Millennium Bomber" arrested in 1999 on charges of attempting to bomb Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles. Based on a script by Suzette Couture, the film was produced by CTV. [1]
[edit] Films
His credits include the theatrical films Paris, France, The Life Before This and Blood, and the television films The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton, Lives of the Saints, Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, Chasing Cain, Trudeau, Murder in the Hamptons and Dragon Boys. He has also directed episodes of The Hitchhiker, Forever Knight, Due South, Highlander, Poltergeist: The Legacy, Made in Canada, Straight Up, Nikita and ReGenesis.
[edit] Awards
Ciccoritti has been nominated for and won several Genie Awards, including a record number of wins for Best Director (Television). Blood was nominated for "Best Adapted Screenplay in 2005.
Ciccoritti has also won two awards from the Directors Guild of Canada.
[edit] Quotes
"I hate to be the guy who keeps the old saw going of comparing us to the States, but if you direct a whole bunch of really quality MOWs for HBO and you get a bunch of Emmys, your phone is ringing off the hook. Everybody wants to work with you. Up here it just doesn't happen. I don't know why." [2]
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