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Tony Sacco Biography

Birth Name:Anthony B. Sacco

Profession Director, Cinematographer, Producer, Camera department

Fast Facts

  • Won a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs for "Treasure Hunters" in 2007
  • Is a founding member of the non-profit organization It's Your Planet, which produces documentaries about animals and nature
  • Graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in Design and Photography in 1992
  • Began his career in corporate television, working on series like "Dateline" and "60 Minutes․"
  • Best known as a television producer and director who has worked on "Project Runway" as well as several "Shark Week" series
  • Is the founder, director, and producer of RedSky Pictures, Inc․, which he created in 1990
  • Worked on the hit series "Project Runway" during its first four seasons

Awards

  • 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming - Multi-Camera Productions: nominated
  • 2007DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs: winner
  • 2007Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming: nominated
  • 2008DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs: nominated
  • 2008Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming: nominated
  • 2015DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs: winner