Antonio Zarro

Who is Antonio Zarro?

Antonio Zarro is an Italian-American screenwriter, director and actor. Zarro received a Student Academy Award in 1987 for Bird in a Cage, a 60-minute 1986 student film made while attending the Christian Broadcasting Network University which received a positive review in the All Movie Guide. 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, a Mercury Award, a Questar, an Aurora Award, an Axion and an Apex. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, 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 in Virginia Beach, Virginia and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.