Mario Andreacchio
Andreacchio on set in South Africa
Born	Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia
Occupation(s)	Film director, writer, producer

Mario Andreacchio is an Australian film producer/director.

Mario Andreacchio was born in Leigh Creek, South Australia to Italian parents.^[1]

He graduated from Flinders University with a degree in Psychology and went on to train as a director at the Australian Film and Television School.^{[citation needed]}

Andreacchio has directed feature films, television specials, telemovies, children's mini-series, and documentaries.

In 1988, he won an International Emmy Award in the Children and Young People category for Captain Johnno,^[2] an episode of the 1988 Touch the Sun TV series.^[1]

In 2007 Andreacchio founded a film production company, AMPCO Films Pty Ltd (Adelaide Motion Picture Company), based in the Adelaide suburb of Norwood.^{[citation needed]} As of August 2024 the company is still registered.^[3] In 2008, AMPCO, Hong Kong company Salon Films, and Zhejiang Hengdian in China announced an agreement to co-produce three films at the Hengdian World Studios.^[4]

He has served on the boards of the Australian Film Finance Corporation and the South Australian Film Corporation.^{[citation needed]}

• Fair Game (1986)
• The Dreaming (1988)
• Captain Johnno (1988)
• Sky Trackers (1994)
• Napoleon (1995)
• The Real Macaw (1998)
• Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien (1999)
• Young Blades (2001)
• Paradise Found (2003)
• Elephant Tales (2005)^[5]
• The Dragon Pearl (2011)

• Mario Andreacchio at IMDb
• AMPCO Films
• Transcript of interview with George Negus in 2004