Mario Andreacchio, Dick Cook Studios Australia MD Kate McLean and Dick Cook.
Mario Andreacchio had to overcome severe health problems including a heart attack, a stroke and diabetes in his long quest to realise the dream of making The Alchemyst.
The executive director of Adelaide-based Ampco Studios, Andreacchio is now in excellent health — and confident he can make the fantasy feature based on a novel by Irishman Michael Scott as a co-production with Dick Cook’s new Australian-based production company.
“I got my health in order and I feel like a rock star,” he tells If, relating that he experienced a heart attack four years ago and a stroke two years ago. He lost 21 kg, reversed the diabetes and no longer needs insulin or heart tablets.
“Bad health seriously affects thinking and energy. I had no choice. Many things had to change,” he says.
The filmmaker acquired the rights to...
Mario Andreacchio had to overcome severe health problems including a heart attack, a stroke and diabetes in his long quest to realise the dream of making The Alchemyst.
The executive director of Adelaide-based Ampco Studios, Andreacchio is now in excellent health — and confident he can make the fantasy feature based on a novel by Irishman Michael Scott as a co-production with Dick Cook’s new Australian-based production company.
“I got my health in order and I feel like a rock star,” he tells If, relating that he experienced a heart attack four years ago and a stroke two years ago. He lost 21 kg, reversed the diabetes and no longer needs insulin or heart tablets.
“Bad health seriously affects thinking and energy. I had no choice. Many things had to change,” he says.
The filmmaker acquired the rights to...
- 10/28/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Australia’s tourism minister has made a shameless pitch to entice Prince Harry Down Under for his stag night or honeymoon, offering a James Bond-style “helicopter crawl” or seclusion in the Outback. The Prince will marry Meghan Markle next May, and Steve Ciobo said Thursday he had written to Clarence House with a list of adrenaline-packed suggestions for a buck’s […]...
- 11/30/2017
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
The Screen Producers Association of Australia presented its initiative for a $60m, five-year loan fund for mid-range production simultaneously to both parties, but only the Coalition responded to it.
“We’re disappointed that Labor didn’t see the fund as something appropriate to take up in the run up to the election, but we’re terribly happy that the Liberals have embraced this policy.” said Spaa president Anthony I. Ginnane.
“We’ve always felt that support for the industry has been historically bi-partisan in Australia, so we presented it to both the Labor Government and the Liberal opposition at virtually the same time; we had significant discussions with the relevant Ministers and their departments. We’re pleased that Shadow Arts Minister Steven Ciobo and the Liberal party have taken up this initiative,” he explained.
The president of Spaa said that “it’s hard to say” if the Coalition’s announcement...
“We’re disappointed that Labor didn’t see the fund as something appropriate to take up in the run up to the election, but we’re terribly happy that the Liberals have embraced this policy.” said Spaa president Anthony I. Ginnane.
“We’ve always felt that support for the industry has been historically bi-partisan in Australia, so we presented it to both the Labor Government and the Liberal opposition at virtually the same time; we had significant discussions with the relevant Ministers and their departments. We’re pleased that Shadow Arts Minister Steven Ciobo and the Liberal party have taken up this initiative,” he explained.
The president of Spaa said that “it’s hard to say” if the Coalition’s announcement...
- 8/17/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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