Ciccoritti, Jerry 1956- (Gerard Ciccoritti)

PERSONAL

Born August 5, 1956, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; son of Joseph and Patricia (maiden name, Teoli) Ciccoritti.

Addresses:

Agent—Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr., North Bldg., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Director, producer, and writer. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, cofounder. Previously worked as a movie theater usher and manager; ran an audiovisual production house.

Awards, Honors:

CableACE Award nomination, best directing, 1993, for The Hidden Room; Gemini Award, best directing, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1994, for Catwalk; Gemini Award nomination, best directing, 1995, for North of 60; Gemini Award, best directing, 1996, for Due South; Gemini Award, best directing—television movie, 1997, for Net Worth; Gemini Awards, best directing—television series, 1997, and best direction in a dramatic series, 1998, both for Straight Up; Gemini Award nomination, best direction in a dramatic series, 2000, for The City; Gemini Award, best direction in a dramatic program or miniseries, Gemini Award nomination (with others), best television movie, 2001, both for Chasing Cain; Canadian Comedy Award (with others), pretty funny direction—television series, 2001, 2002, both for Made in Canada; Gemini Award, best direction in a dramatic program or miniseries, 2002, Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award—Team Award (with others), outstanding achievement in a television movie or miniseries, 2003, both for Trudeau; Gemini Award, best direction in a dramatic program or miniseries, 2003, Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award nomination, outstanding achievement in direction—television movie or miniseries, 2004, for The Many Trials of One Jane Doe; Genie Award nomination, best screenplay—adapted, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award nomination, outstanding achievement in direction—feature film, 2005, both for Blood; Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award, outstanding achievement in direction—television movie or miniseries, 2005, for Lives of the Saints.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Director and producer, Psycho Girls, Cannon International, 1985.

Director and producer, Graveyard Shift (also known as Central Park Drifter), Virgin Vision, 1987.

Producer, Skull: A Night of Terror (also known as Don't Turn Out the Light), Academy Entertainment, 1987.

Director and production designer, The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II (also known as The Graveyard Shift II), Virgin Vision, 1988.

Director, Love and Die, 1988.

Producer and production designer, A Whisper to a Scream (also known as Love You to Death), Virgin Vision, 1989.

Producer, Paris, France, Alliance, 1993.

Director, Boy Meets Girl, ARTO-pelli Motion Picture, 1998.

Director, The Life Before This, First Look Pictures, 1999.

Director, Blood, 2004.

Directing advisor, Do Not Bend (short), Spiral Media, 2007.

Film Appearances:

(As Gerard Ciccoritti) Pizza delivery man, Psycho Girls, Cannon International, 1985.

Punk with gun, Graveyard Shift, Virgin Vision, 1987.

Shoe salesman number two, Hurt Penguins, Lightshow Communications, 1992.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Trudeau, CBC, 2002.

Lives of the Saints, CTV, 2004.

Dragon Boys, CBC, 2007.

Television Director; Movies:

TekWar: TekJustice, syndicated, 1994.

Net Worth, CBC, 1995.

A Prayer in the Dark, USA Network, 1997.

Chasing Cain, CBC, 2001.

The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (also known as Le long combat de Jane Doe), CBC, 2002.

Chasing Cain: Face, CBC, 2002.

The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton, Oxygen, 2003.

Murder in the Hamptons (also known as L'heritage de la passion and Million Dollar Murder), Lifetime, 2005.

Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (also known as Shania—Une vie en huit albums), CBC, 2005.

Victor, CBC, 2007.

Television Director, Episodic:

The Hitchhiker (also known as Deadly Nightmares and Le Voyageur), HBO, 1983.

Top Cops, CBS, 1990.

"Dream Child," The Hidden Room, Lifetime, 1991.

Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1992.

Forever Knight, CBS, 1992.

"Billy's Blues," Catwalk, MTV and syndicated, 1992.

(As Gerald Ciccoritti) "For I Have Sinned," Forever Knight, CBS, 1992.

(As Gerald Ciccoritti) "Hostage," North of 60, CBC, 1993.

"Gift of the Wheelman," Due South (also known as Direction: Sud and Tandem de choc), CTV and CBS, 1994.

"The Great Chendini," Side Effects, CBC, 1994.

"Tenement," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Sci-Fi Channel, Showtime, and syndicated, 1996.

"Simone," La Femme Nikita (also known as Nikita), USA Network, 1997.

"Treason," La Femme Nikita (also known as Nikita), USA Network, 1997.

"Raw," Straight Up, CBC, 1997.

The Industry, CBC and Bravo, 1998.

"Town Without Pity," The City (also known as Deep in the City), CTV, 1999.

"Dark Horses," The City (also known as Deep in the City), CTV, 1999.

"It's a Science," Made in Canada, CBC, 1999.

"Diva," Made in Canada, CBC, 1999.

"Creative Difference," Made in Canada, CBC, 2000.

"Time to Be Heroes," La Femme Nikita (also known as Nikita), USA Network, 2000.

The Associates, CTV, 2001.

"Bill's Got the Blues," Puppets Who Kill, Comedy Central, 2004.

"Buttons' Big Fat Greek Wedding," Puppets Who Kill, Comedy Central, 2004.

"The Source," ReGenesis, TMN, 2005.

"The Promise," ReGenesis, TMN, 2005.

Also directed Sweating Bullets; E.N.G.; Lonesome Dove.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Film director, Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story (also known as Jacqueline Susann, La scanaldeuse), USA Network, 1998.

Buddo, Out of Sync (also known as Lip Service), VH1, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Raoul, "Her Life as a Dog," The Hidden Room, HBO, 1993.

Himself, "Guyness Trend/Pony Play," SexTV, 2000.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As Gerard Ciccoritti) Psycho Girls, Cannon International, 1985.

Graveyard Shift (also known as Central Park Drifter), Image Entertainment, 1987.

Skull: A Night of Terror (also known as Don't Turn Out the Light, Night of Retribution, and One Eyed Killer), Academy Entertainment, 1987.

The Understudy: Graveyard Shift II (also known as Graveyard Shift II), Virgin Vision, 1988.

A Whisper to a Scream (also known as Love You to Death), Virgin Vision, 1989.

(As Gerard Ciccoritti) Bedroom Eyes II, Vidmark Entertainment, 1990.

Blood, 2004.