Mario Philip Azzopardi

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 SG1 including its twohour pilot and Stargate Atlantis In 2008 he directed all eight episodes of the highly acclaimed and award winning HBO CanadaTMN 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 Ga??a presumed to be the first fulllength feature filmed entirely in Maltese Transferred to digital format and enhanced the film was rereleased 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia