Mario Azzopardi Biography (1950-)
Born in 1950, in Malta. Addresses: Agent: Lee Dintsman, Agency for thePerforming Arts, 9000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069.
- Nationality
- Maltese
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, writer, poet, teacher of literature
- Birth Details
- 1950
- Malta
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Director
- Pilots
- Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, syndicated, 1987
- E.N.G., Lifetime, 1989
- Stargate SG-1, Showtime and syndicated, 1997
- Total Recall 2070, Showtime, 1998
- Also directed the pilots for Counterstrike and Police File.
- Episodic
- "Man in the Mist," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime, syndicated,and Sci-Fi Channel, 1996
- Directed "The Abyss" and "Shattered," episodes of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, syndicated; "Hearts Desire" and multiple otherepisodes, The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated; "Fever," an episode of Sliders, Fox; and "Blood Lines," "Brief Candle," "Children of the Gods," "Cor-ai," and "Singularity," all episodes of Stargate SG-1, Showtime and syndicated; also directed episodes of Beyond Reality; Booker (also known as Booker, P.I.), Fox; E.N.G., Lifetime;The Flash, NBC; (multiple episodes) F/X: The Series, syndicated; Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated; Human Target, ABC; In the Heat of the Night; Kung Fu: TheLegend Continues, syndicated; The Littlest Hobo, CTV (Canada); M.A.N.T.I.S., ABC; Matrix, USA Network; Night Heat, CBS; Robocop (also known as RoboCop: The Series), syndicated; Secret Service; Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall: The Series), Showtime; Two, syndicated; Viper, NBC; and Wiseguy, ABC.
- Movies
- Divided Loyalties, 1989
- Bone Daddy (also known as Palmer's Bones), HBO, 1998
- Other Television Work
- Director
- Die Einzige Zeugin, 1995
- Profile of a Director, PBS, 1998
- Freefall (also known as Angst ueber den Wolken), Fox FamilyChannel, 1999
- The Time Shifters (also known as Thrill Seekers), TBS, 1999
- On Hostile Ground, TBS, 2000
- Television Appearances
- Episodic
- Ferraro Benedetti, "Lucky," The Littlest Hobo, CTV (Canada), 1984
- The count, "Double Eagle," Highlander, 1995
- Film Director
- Deadline, 1979 (some sources cite 1981)
- Nowhere to Hide, New Century Vista, 1987
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- Deadline (based on his own story), 1979 (some sources cite 1981)
- Television Scripts
- Die Einzige Zeugin, 1995
- Other
- Naked as Water (poetry), translated from Maltese by Grazio Falzon,University of Oklahoma Press (Norman), 1997
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- World Literature Today, WINTER, 1997, p. 197.