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Director, Writer, Fight Choreographer Mario D. Leone, born in New York, began his career in technology in 2001 as a Software Trainer teaching for 2 major universities and moved on to writing and directing short films where in 2017 he was one in of a tiny group of American independent directors who took on multiple projects. At the age of 47, Mario decided to go to N.Y.U Tisch for film and moved on to the filmskills online school.
In 2018, Leone was the Casting Director for the Amazon film, Inveigh, written by Adam Gonzalez. Leone wrote and directed his first short film, Make No Misteak, in 2018. The film was a pastiche of 1991 French post-apocalyptic black comedy film “Delicatessen.”
His major full length feature film was the unreleased film Apollon (2016) which won an award with Festigious Film Festival the IMDb qualifying monthly film festival. This was in regards to Writing which assisted Director Sean Rosa.
Once a screenplay Judge for the Irvine Film Festival in 2016 this was due to Mario’s success that came from monologues that were written for the Taylor Acting studio of Los Angeles.
This was career followed into training for Fight Choreography, in 2019, by Phillip Deseck who was well known for Mortal Kombat 2021 and Aquaman. In terms of Directing Mario's training comes directly from Director and D.P. Andrew Russo.
MARIO personally has had the honor of learning under two of the best Stage Combat Instructors in the industry and am proud to be able to say that I have learned so much from Philippe Deseck (Aquaman) and Drew Leary (Gotham). The journey for him was long and his path was started.
Filmz Director Kaiju! It's a long story that deserves a good conversation, and that is why we produce filmz we love to see. If we are able to create filmz that make the audience feel good, then you are entertained. We want to make a difference in the world through Film. We want to change the world through Film. This is our dream. This is our work. This is our play.
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In 2018, Leone was the Casting Director for the Amazon film, Inveigh, written by Adam Gonzalez. Leone wrote and directed his first short film, Make No Misteak, in 2018. The film was a pastiche of 1991 French post-apocalyptic black comedy film “Delicatessen.”
His major full length feature film was the unreleased film Apollon (2016) which won an award with Festigious Film Festival the IMDb qualifying monthly film festival. This was in regards to Writing which assisted Director Sean Rosa.
Once a screenplay Judge for the Irvine Film Festival in 2016 this was due to Mario’s success that came from monologues that were written for the Taylor Acting studio of Los Angeles.
This was career followed into training for Fight Choreography, in 2019, by Phillip Deseck who was well known for Mortal Kombat 2021 and Aquaman. In terms of Directing Mario's training comes directly from Director and D.P. Andrew Russo.
MARIO personally has had the honor of learning under two of the best Stage Combat Instructors in the industry and am proud to be able to say that I have learned so much from Philippe Deseck (Aquaman) and Drew Leary (Gotham). The journey for him was long and his path was started.
Filmz Director Kaiju! It's a long story that deserves a good conversation, and that is why we produce filmz we love to see. If we are able to create filmz that make the audience feel good, then you are entertained. We want to make a difference in the world through Film. We want to change the world through Film. This is our dream. This is our work. This is our play.
Click here for Mario's IMDB