Mario Philip Azzopardi

Nascimento : , Malta

História

​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.

Filmes

Blood on the Crown
Executive Producer
Com base em eventos reais, "Blood On The Crown" ou "Just Noise" apresenta o relato oculto de como os cidadãos malteses lutaram por sua independência contra a Inglaterra em 1919.
A Dangerous Arrangement
Writer
In a secluded cove in Malta, a beautiful young woman tries to drown herself. Her name is Ellen, a night club employee who just days before trying to end her life was drifting through each day uneventfully, spending most of her time at work and with her hard-partying boyfriend and lovable, yet incompetent roommates. But when Ellen meets Amy and Carrie, everything changes…all of their lives spin out of control thanks to one drug-fuelled night of partying and Amy’s overdose. Unfortunately, for Ellen and her friends Amy’s father is as vengeful as he is doting and will stop at nothing to make them pay, including murder.
A Dangerous Arrangement
Director
In a secluded cove in Malta, a beautiful young woman tries to drown herself. Her name is Ellen, a night club employee who just days before trying to end her life was drifting through each day uneventfully, spending most of her time at work and with her hard-partying boyfriend and lovable, yet incompetent roommates. But when Ellen meets Amy and Carrie, everything changes…all of their lives spin out of control thanks to one drug-fuelled night of partying and Amy’s overdose. Unfortunately, for Ellen and her friends Amy’s father is as vengeful as he is doting and will stop at nothing to make them pay, including murder.
Saulo: A viagem para Damasco
Screenplay
O apedrejamento de Estêvão abala sua fé no templo e sua negação de Cristo como o Messias. No desenrolar da história, o público vai ver a transformação de Saul, sua conversão ao cristianismo e como suas ações mudaram a história do mundo.
Saulo: A viagem para Damasco
Director
O apedrejamento de Estêvão abala sua fé no templo e sua negação de Cristo como o Messias. No desenrolar da história, o público vai ver a transformação de Saul, sua conversão ao cristianismo e como suas ações mudaram a história do mundo.
Aladdin e a Lâmpada da Morte
Director
Em vez de desejos, um gênio libertado traz horror no arrepiante ‘Aladdin e A Lâmpada da Morte’. Quando o aventureiro Aladdin e seu amigo Ali, livra um gênio poderoso de uma lâmpada manchada, pensam que todos os seus sonhos estavam prestes a se tornar realidade. Em vez disso, a criatura maligna destrói tudo em seu caminho na busca pelo poder absoluto.
WitchSlayer Gretl
Director
Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge.
Stargate - Herdeiros dos Deuses
Director
Um alienígena semelhante a Rá surge saindo do Stargate, mata cinco soldados e sequestra outro, um ano após a missão original do Stargate. Uma nova equipe é montada, incluindo alguns membros antigos, e eles partem em busca do soldado desaparecido, para descobrir que Rá ainda pode estar vivo. Enquanto isso, o alienígena Goa'uld sequestra Sha're e Skaara, implantando-os com simbiontes e tornando-os hospedeiros Goa'uld.
Lies and Crimes
Director
A woman moves to a new home after her police officer husband is killed. She soon discovers a place where growing prescription drug abuse is creating a nightmare of lies, crime, and murder.
Vozes do Passado
Director
Uma operadora de serviços de emergência retorna a sua rotina depois de perder um bebê. Um dos telefonemas que ela atende é de uma garota que está apavorada em um prédio em chamas. A operadora pega o endereço que a garota lhe passou, mas o mesmo não é localizado. Intrigada, ela começa a investigar o que realmente aconteceu e vai até a cidade natal da garota, acreditando que a menina foi assassinada. Com o tempo, ela passa a ser perseguida por um homem que ela acredita ser o assassino da garota e está escondendo alguma coisa. Conforme a investigação avança, uma verdade assustadora está para ser revelada.
The Wives He Forgot
Director
Into the small law offices of unlucky-in-love Charlotte St. John stumbles a handsome stranger, bloodied and battered, suffering amnesia. The good Samaritan, she cares for him, nurses him to health ... and falls hard for this mysterious angel. He reciprocates -- and good love finally finds Charlotte. But not for long, for their brief love affair hits the rocks when his identity is uncovered. Together they learn to their heartbreaking disappointment that he's already married ... twice. That's right, he's an amnesiac who forgot his was a bigamist. Though initially crushed that her perfect hero is just another perfect schmuck, Charlotte soon agrees to defend him against the bigamy charges, arguing that his injury has wiped out his former personality. In mounting her defense, she investigates his past ... and discovers that his vengeful wives may have uncovered his dirty bigamist secret months before -- and secretly plotted his violent downfall!
Savage Messiah
Director
Savage Messiah is a docudrama about Roch "Moïse" Thériault, the charismatic former leader of a small religious group based near Burnt River, Ontario, Canada. Between 1977 and 1989 he held sway over as many as 12 adults and 26 children. He used all of the nine women as concubines, and probably fathered most of the children in the group. During his reign, Thériault mutilated several members. His major crime was to kill Solange Boilard, his legal wife, by disembowelment while trying to perform surgery on her. He was arrested for assault in 1989, and convicted of murder in 1993. Along with Clifford Olsen and Paul Bernardo, Thériault is considered one of Canada's most notorious criminals.
The Stork Derby
Director
The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period would inherit a fortune in the midst of the Great Depression
Loves Music, Loves To Dance
Director
In order to solve the mystery of her best friend's murder, Darcy decides to date each one of her friend's on-line pals to see which one of them might have something to do with it.
Stiletto Dance
Director
Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.
On Hostile Ground
Director
A geologist (John Corbett) investigates a sinkhole under New Orleans that might engulf the city during Mardi Gras.
Caçadores de Emoção
Director
Ao preparar uma matéria sobre os maiores desastres do século, o jornalista Tom Merrick (Casper Van Dien) observa na foto a presença da mesma pessoa no mesmo vôo que estava. Percebendo o perigo, Merrick avisa o piloto e consegue impedir um novo desastre. Agora, ele parte na busca desse desconhecido a fim de evitar que novas catástrofes aconteçam!
Free Fall
Director
An NTSB investigator (Jaclyn Smith) and her boyfriend (Bruce Boxleitner), who works for the FAA, investigate a series of similar and suspicious plane crashes that seem to be affecting only one airline.
Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams
Director
In the year 2070, the planet Earth is ruled by a single government entity and a conglomeration of corporations that hold absolute power. The crime rate is virtually nonexistent and the Citizens Protection Bureau defends the innocent from unchecked sociotechnological forces. But when the Bureau partner of Agent David Hume is dramatically gunned down, Hume's determination to uncover the dangerous truth behind this shocking crime leads him on a pulse-pounding race through the galaxy.
Pedaços da Morte
Director
Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, the madman gets caught, but in reality he is still uncaught. After the book is released, Palmer's editor is kidnapped. Palmer soon is sent a present containing a page of his book, and a bone from his editor. Together with the police, Palmer tries to find his editor, who might still be alive. In addition, his own son becomes one of the main suspects. Written by Julian Reischl
Die einzige Zeugin
Director
Nowhere to Hide
Director
Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, has been made of a weaker, less expensive alloy. Before Rob can go public with this, Rob is killed on the orders of corrupt General Howard, who did not want Rob to go public with the defective part. Howard believes that Barbara, who is also a marine, now has the part, so Howard and his henchmen set out to kill Barbara and Johnny and get the part, but Howard is underestimating what Barbara is willing to do to protect Johnny.
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Future Force Training - Skill Level 1
Director
CAPTAIN POWER NEEDS YOU! Prepare for you flight training as one of the Soldiers of the Future! Captain Power himself will take all beginning pilots on a simulated flight mission aboard the PowerJet XT-7 - where you will learn special battle tactics and aerial maneuvers. WARNING: Lord Dread and his Bio Creads can strike at any time! In case of an unexpected attack, your service may be needed! (This tape was included in some editions of the XT-7 toy.)
Deadline
Story
A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.
Deadline
Screenplay
A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.
Deadline
Director
A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.
The Cage
Writer
A study of the political and religious fanaticism in Malta in the 60s.
The Cage
Director
A study of the political and religious fanaticism in Malta in the 60s.