Jerry Ciccoritti

Jerry Ciccoritti
Ciccoritti at Canadian Film Centre 25th Anniversary Celebration in Los Angeles, March 20, 2013
Born (1956-08-05) August 5, 1956 (age 68)
Toronto, Ontario
OccupationDirector

Jerry Ciccoritti (born August 5, 1956) is a Canadian director.

Biography

Ciccoritti co-produced, co-wrote, 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 television movies and miniseries with Net Worth (1995), a drama about hockey player Ted Lindsay's battles with the National Hockey League on behalf of his fellow players. Another popular film of Ciccoritti's that deals with Canadian history is Trudeau.

Films

His credits include the theatrical films The Life Before This, Blood, The Resurrection of Tony Gitone, and Paris, France. Television films include The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton, Net Worth, Lives of the Saints, Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, Chasing Cain, Trudeau, Victor and Dragon Boys. He has also directed episodic television, including Bomb Girls, Being Erica, Straight Up, ReGenesis, and King. In 2015, he directed episodes of the CBC situation comedy Schitt's Creek. In 2016, he directed the television miniseries 21 Thunder, which was expected to debut on CBC in 2017.[1]

Filmography

Directed features
Year Title
1985 Psycho Girls
1987 Graveyard Shift
1993 Paris, France
1995 Net Worth
2002 Trudeau
2004 Blood
2005 Murder in the Hamptons
2005 Shania: A Life in Eight Albums
2008 Victor
2008 Wisegal
2008 The Terrorist Next Door
2008 The Call
2009 Killer Hair
2009 Hostile Makeover
2011 John A.: Birth of a Country
2013 The Resurrection of Tony Gitone
2013 Holidaze
2016 Love's Complicated
2019 Lie Exposed
2019 Turkey Drop
2021 Angel Falls Christmas
2021 Two for the Win
2024 Hot Frosty

Awards

Ciccoritti has been nominated for and won several Gemini Awards, including a record number of wins for Best Director (Television). He won the inaugural Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for the CBC TV movie John A.: Birth of a Country.[2]

Blood was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 25th Genie Awards,[3] and Ciccoritti was also nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada award for the movie.[4]

Ciccoritti has also won three awards from the Directors Guild of Canada.[5]

References

  1. ^ JERRY CICCORITTI Archived February 20, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Director ON - Ontario District Council, DGC
  2. ^ "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Nominees in top categories for Genie Awards". Toronto Star, February 9, 2005.
  4. ^ "Canadian directors' award nods announced". Kamloops Daily News, August 5, 2005.
  5. ^ "Cronenberg, McDonald among DOC winners". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 2003.