Antonio Zarro is an Academy Award-winning Italian-American screenwriter, director and actor. Zarro received a Student Academy Award

Student Academy Awards

The Student Academy Awards is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June...

 in 1987 for Bird in a Cage, a 60 minute 1986 student film made while attending the Christian Broadcasting Network University (now Regent University

Regent University

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) which received a positive review in the All Movie Guide

All Movie Guide

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. This film was the first from CBNU to win an Academy Award.

His work has screened at the NY Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival, the Virginia Festival of American Film, the Columbus Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston and Worldfest-Flagstaff. A few of Zarro's awards include: a student Academy Award, a Cine Golden Eagle, a Telly, an Addy

Addy Awards

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, a Mercury Award, a Questar

Questar

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, an Aurora Award

Aurora Award

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, an Axion

Axion

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 and an Apex. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild

Screen Actors Guild

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, acting in movies, television and the theatre. In 1998, Zarro established the Zarro Acting Academy, training film actors on the East Coast. His classes have given numerous students a start in major motion pictures, prime time television and national cable shows.

In addition, he taught as an adjunct instructor at Regent University

Regent University

Regent University is a private coeducational interdenominational Christian university located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The school was founded by the American televangelist Pat Robertson in 1978 as Christian Broadcasting Network University. A satellite campus located in...

 (1989–1991) in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia

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 and Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University

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 (2001–2006) in Norfolk, Virginia. During his undergrad years, Zarro was President of the Communications chapter of Alpha Epsilon Rho and his video dramas won regional and national awards. In 1986, he wrote and directed a student film Bird in a Cage

Bird in a Cage

Bird in a Cage is an Academy Award-winning 60 minute 1986 American comedic drama film written and directed by Antonio Zarro while he was attending the Christian Broadcasting Network University .-Production:...

, which won an Student Academy Award. He has a BA from the University of Tulsa

University of Tulsa

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 in Television and Theatre and an MA from Regent in Film. He made an uncredited appearance as a soldier in the Ted Turner

Ted Turner

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 film Gods and Generals

Gods and Generals (film)

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.

He is currently assistant professor of cinema

Filmmaking

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-television

Television

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 at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Palm Beach Atlantic University

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.

Film

Year	Film	Credited as				Role
		Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...	Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...	Screenwriter Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...	Actor Actor An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
1985	Love Struck					Director of Photography
1986	Bird in a Cage Bird in a Cage Bird in a Cage is an Academy Award-winning 60 minute 1986 American comedic drama film written and directed by Antonio Zarro while he was attending the Christian Broadcasting Network University .-Production:...
1989	Carmencita
2003	Gods and Generals Gods and Generals (film) Gods and Generals is a 2003 American film based on the novel Gods and Generals by Jeffrey Shaara. It depicts events that take place prior to those shown in the 1993 film Gettysburg, which was based on The Killer Angels, a novel by Shaara's father, Michael...					Soldier Soldier A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
2009	Clive					Thief
2010	Animus					Vince

Television

Year	Film	Credited as				Role
		Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...	Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...	Screenwriter Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...	Actor Actor An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
1998	Avoiding Sexual Harassment

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