DARIO
CANNIZZARO

WRITER & DIRECTOR

ABOUT ME

Dario is an Italian-born Irish Writer, Director, & Actor.

Dario wrote many award-winning Short Stories, a best-selling and award-winning Novelette called "Impurita'"(2012), and a Literary Urban-Fantasy Indie Novel titled "Dead Men Naked"(2017).

His writing is genre-blending, mixing philosophical concepts with rhythmic pacing, memorable characters, quotable dialogue, and sprinkles of poetry.

In 2018, Dario started focusing on Screenwriting with the final objective of Directing his own Films. In 2020, he wrote and directed the award-winning short film "Trigger Warning".

In 2022, Dario wrote a horror comedy feature ("Saint Johnny" - Evil Dead meets Father Ted), a crime comedy feature ("Wait for Me" - Reservoir Dogs meets Romeo+Juliet), and the full Audio Series "The Venetian" (Indiana Jones meets Jason Bourne), to which he is attached as a Director and slated for production in 2024.

In 2023, focusing solely on his career as a Writer and Director, Dario aims to complete two more feature scripts, two television pilots, all while connecting with like-minded people in the industry to pursue the incredibly ambitious expectations he's set for himself.