About
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. 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. He 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...
Known for
Stargate SG-1Series • 1997
Stargate AtlantisSeries • 2004
Highlander: The SeriesSeries • 1992
SlidersSeries • 1995
The Outer LimitsSeries • 1995
ViperSeries • 1994
Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesSeries • 1993
WiseguySeries • 1987
FX: The SeriesSeries • 1996
In the Heat of the NightSeries • 1988
Night HeatSeries • 1985
The FlashSeries • 1990
The Littlest HoboSeries • 1979
CounterstrikeSeries • 1990
BookerSeries • 1989
Poltergeist: The LegacySeries • 1996
Total Recall 2070Series • 1999
JeremiahSeries • 2002
Stargate InfinitySeries • 2002
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the FutureSeries • 1987
Stargate SG-1: Children of the GodsMovie • 2009
The Time ShiftersMovie • 1999
Saul: The Journey to DamascusMovie • 2014
Bone DaddyMovie • 1998