John Maggio (director)

John Maggio is an American documentary film director, writer and producer. He is best known for his feature documentary films for HBO including The Perfect Weapon, Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis, The Newspaperman and A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks.

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. In 2021, his film A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks, had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2023, his film Milano: The Inside Story of Italian Fashion had its premiere at the Milan Fashion Week. His latest film, Paul Anka: His Way, had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2024 and was acquired by HBO.
He is currently at work on a film documenting the immigration crisis in America.