John Maggio (director)
# John Maggio (director)

John Maggio is an American documentary film director, writer and producer. 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.

## 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. His latest film A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (HBO) will have its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. He is also currently at work on a film about Italian fashion called Milano.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | 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 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Won | News & Documentary Emmy Award | Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary | Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis |
| 2018 | Nominated | Producers Guild of America Award | Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures | The Newspaperman |
| 2018 | Nominated | Writers Guild of America Awards | Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events | American Experience - Into The Amazon |
| 2020 | Nominated | Writers Guild of America Awards | Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events | American Experience - The Poison Squad |
