Carlo Liconti is an

Italian-Canadian Italian Canadians ( it, italo-canadesi, french: italo-canadiens) comprise Canadians who have full or partial Italian heritage and Italians who migrated from Italy or reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census of Canada, 1,546,390 Canadians ...

film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in

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, Italy, August 15, 1949. He emigrated to

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, Canada via the U.S. in 1955. Liconti began his filmmaking career in 1975 after attending

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and

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. He started in commercial production, setting up his own studio: Leader Media, which became one of Canada's leading commercial houses producing well over 200 commercial spots. He produced and directed his first feature film ''

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'' in 1985. His other credits include, among others the feature film ''Brown Bread Sandwiches'' starring

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and

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, which he also wrote and directed, as well as ''Vita Cane'' and ''Foreign Bodies''. He directed ''

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'' and ''

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'', and produced/directed documentaries including ''Dragons of Crime'' for A&E and CBC. He also produced the movie-of-the-week ''Greener Fields'', the first Canadian-Italian co-production under the new treaty. In mid-2000s Liconti was responsible for setting up an independent TV network based out of Toronto. Liconti has produced a feature film and television series in Cuba with his company Leader Media, the first production company to have an official treaty co-production with the country.

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Filmography - New York Times
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liconti, Carlo Italian emigrants to Canada 1949 births Living people Film directors from Toronto York University alumni Toronto Metropolitan University alumni People from Veroli Canadian television directors Canadian film producers