Anthony Giacchino

Anthony Giacchino (/dʒəˈkiːnoʊ/ jə-KEE-noh, Italian: [dʒakˈkiːno]; born 1969)[1] is an American documentary filmmaker.

Giacchino wrote and directed the 2007 documentary film The Camden 28 which was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay.[2] In 2020 he directed the documentary film Colette, co-produced by Oculus and Respawn Entertainment as part of the documentary gallery for the virtual-reality video game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. Colette won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 93rd Academy Awards.[3]

The younger brother to film director and composer Michael Giacchino, he grew up in Edgewater Park, New Jersey, attended Holy Cross High School and is a graduate of Villanova University. He has resided in Astoria, Queens.[4]

  1. ^ "Anthony Giacchino Camden 28 (Motion Picture) Collection, 1970-2004". Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ Thielman, Sam; McNary, Dave (9 February 2008). "Cody, Coens bros. top WGA Awards". Variety. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. ^ Spangler, Todd (15 March 2021). "Facebook Gets First-Ever Oscar Nomination for 'Colette' Documentary Short". Variety. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ Coppock, Kristen. "Filmmaker brings ‘The Camden 28’ to the nation’s attention on PBS" Archived 8 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Burlington County Times, 11 September 2007. Accessed 19 May 2008. "A graduate of Holy Cross High School in Delran, the self-professed history buff, who lives in Astoria, N.Y., said he was especially curious why such an important event had happened so close to his hometown, and no one he had grown up with knew about it. He wanted to change that."