Maurizio Zaccaro (born May 8, 1952, in Milan, Italy), is an Italian film director, cinematographer, editor and screenwriter.

Biography

Maurizio Zaccaro was born in Milan. After ending his study at the Milan Film School (1977) he took on work in Ermanno Olmi Film Factory and at the same time developed several short movies.
But with the debut of his movie Where the night begins- Dove comincia la notte (1990), a horror film, he received the David di Donatello Award for Best New Director and stepped into the business of film-making.

This first movie, entirely shot in United States, is also one of the few that he didn't write himself.

Two years later his second movie Kalkstein - The valley of stone (1992) followed, though not released abroad. This film was the cinematographic adaptation of a novell of the Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter. the Another couple of years later the outstanding Article 2- l’Articolo 2 (1994), a movie in a style reminiscent of the movies of Italian Neorealism with an almost poetic-like atmosphere. L’ Articolo 2 won the Solinas award for best screenplay.
In 1996, Zaccaro made the war movie The game bag – il Carniere, which also won David di Donatello for best supporting actor, Leo Gullotta, award. Later he directed another important movie as A respectable man (Un uomo perbene) (1999) a legal thriller on Enzo Tortora, a well known anchorman of Italian television. A respectable man won the Pasinetti award in Venice Film Festival 1999, another David di Donatello for best supporting actor award and a Silver Ribbon for best screenplay. Zaccaro then showed his ability to direct TV movies as well. It resulted in many successful fictions as La missione (The Mission) (1997), Un dono semplice -A simple gift (2000), Cuore-Heart (2001), and I ragazzi della via Pal (The boys of St. Paul street) (2003). Some others of his most successful TV films were Al di là delle frontiere -Beyond borders (2004), Mafalda di Savoia -Mafalda of Savoy (2005), O Professore -The professor (2006), "Lo smemoreato di collegno - The Forgetter" and "Le ragazze dello swing - The queens of swing" awarded in Montecarlo and Shanghai film Festival as best director.