John Maggio | |
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| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
John Maggio is an American documentary film director, writer and producer. [1] [2] He is best known for his films The Perfect Weapon (HBO), Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis (HBO) and The Newspaperman (HBO) as well as his work with the PBS series American Experience and Frontline. [3] [4]
Maggio began his career as a musician as one of the founding members of the band, The Crosswalk with Cody ChesnuTT. [5] Their debut album, Venus Loves A Melody was produced by Hollywood Records in 1999 with the legendary engineer Bob Clearmountain. [6] After the band was dropped from their label Maggio pursued a career in documentary film and has been a partner at Brooklyn based film company Ark Media since 2003. [7] [8] His latest film A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (HBO) will have its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. [9] He is also currently at work on a film about Italian fashion called Milano. [10]
| Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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| 2005-2018 | American Experience | Director, writer and producer | 7 Episodes |
| 2008-2016 | Frontline | Director, writer and Producer | 4 Episodes |
| 2017 | The Newspaperman | Director | Documentary |
| 2019 | Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis | Director and producer | Documentary |
| 2020 | The Perfect Weapon | Director and producer | Documentary |
| 2021 | A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks | Director and producer | Documentary |
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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| 2001 | Nominated | Slamdance Film Festival | Grand Jury Prize | Virgil Bliss | |
| 2002 | Nominated | Independent Spirit Awards | John Cassavetes Award | Virgil Bliss | |
| 2007 | Nominated | News & Documentary Emmy Award | Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming | American Experience - The Boy in the Bubble | |
| 2009 | Nominated | News & Documentary Emmy Award | Outstanding Informational Programming | Frontline - Growing Up Online | |
| 2010 | Nominated | Writers Guild of America Awards | Documentary Script – Current Events | Frontline - College, Inc. | |
| 2012 | Won | Writers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Script for Breaking Report | Frontline - Educating Sergeant Pantzke | [11] |
| 2018 | Won | News & Documentary Emmy Award | Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary | Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis | [12] |
| 2018 | Nominated | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures | The Newspaperman | [13] |
| 2018 | Nominated | Writers Guild of America Awards | Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events | American Experience - Into The Amazon | [14] |
| 2020 | Nominated | Writers Guild of America Awards | Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events | American Experience - The Poison Squad | [15] |
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