John Maggio is an American documentary film director, writer and producer. He is best known for his feature documentary films for HBO including The Perfect Weapon (HBO), Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis (HBO), The Newspaperman (HBO) and A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (HBO).
Life and career
Maggio began his career as a musician as one of the founding members of the band, The Crosswalk with Cody ChesnuTT. Their debut album, Venus Loves A Melody was produced by Hollywood Records in 1999 with the legendary engineer Bob Clearmountain. 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. In 2021, his film A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (HBO), had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2023, his film Milano: The Inside Story of Italian Fashion had its premiere at the Milan Fashion Week. His latest film, Paul Anka: His Way, had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2024 and was acquired by HBO. He is currently at work on a film documenting the immigration crisis in America.
Filmography YearTitle Contribution Note 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 Music Box: Mr. Saturday Night Director and producer 1 Episode 2022 Year One: A Political Odyssey Director and producer Documentary 2023 Milano: The Inside Story of Italian Fashion Director and producer Documentary 2024 Paul Anka: His Way Director and producer Documentary 2025 Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television Executive Producer 2 Episodes
Awards and nominations YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2001 NominatedSlamdance Film FestivalGrand Jury PrizeVirgil Bliss2002 NominatedIndependent Spirit AwardsJohn Cassavetes Award2007 NominatedNews & Documentary Emmy AwardOutstanding Science, Technology and Nature ProgrammingAmerican Experience - The Boy in the Bubble2009 NominatedOutstanding Informational ProgrammingFrontline - Growing Up Online2010 NominatedWriters Guild of America AwardsDocumentary Script – Current EventsFrontline - College, Inc.2012 WonOutstanding Script for Breaking ReportFrontline - Educating Sergeant Pantzke2018 WonNews & Documentary Emmy AwardOutstanding Business and Economic DocumentaryPanic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis NominatedProducers Guild of America AwardOutstanding Producer of Documentary Motion PicturesThe Newspaperman NominatedWriters Guild of America AwardsDocumentary Script – Other Than Current EventsAmerican Experience - Into The Amazon2020 NominatedDocumentary Script – Other Than Current EventsAmerican Experience - The Poison Squad2021 NominatedNews and Documentary Emmy AwardsOutstanding Politics and Government DocumentaryThe Perfect Weapon 2022 NominatedBest DocumentaryA Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks NominatedOutstanding Arts and Culture Documentary NominatedBest Editing
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