Egidio Coccimiglio

Egidio Coccimiglio is a Canadian film director from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.Brian Kelly, [https://www.saultstar.com/entertainment/local-arts/sault-director-gets-creative-with-teen-thriller "Sault director gets 'creative' with teen thriller"]. Sault Star, July 5, 2023. He is most noted as the director of the films Compulsion (2013){{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Chuck |title=Compulsion: Thriller or Satire? |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/film/compulsion-thriller-or-satire-6392773 |website=Miami New Times |accessdate=16 July 2019 |date=18 July 2013}} and Cascade (2023).

After studying film at Ryerson University,Brian Kelly, "Hollywood, Bollywood, Sault Ste. Marie". Sault Star, May 1, 2004. he began his career in film as a sound technician, notably receiving a Genie Award nomination at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988 for I've Heard the Mermaids Singing."Here is list of nominees for ninth Genie Awards". Montreal Gazette, February 17, 1988. His other sound credits included the films Loyalties, Concrete Angels, The Top of His Head and South of Wawa.

He directed his first short film, American Exit, in 1989, and followed up in 1992 with Blast 'Em, a documentary film about paparazzi that he co-directed with Joseph Blasioli.Jay Scott, "The hero as a paid voyeur". The Globe and Mail, August 7, 1992. He was then a director's apprentice on the 1994 film Only You.Brian Kelly, "Sault-born filmmaker has worn many hats during his career". Sault Star, January 29, 2004. In 2003 he entered production on Imaginary Grace, which would have been his narrative feature debut, but the film was never completed or released.

In 2009 he also published the novella A Pleasant Vertigo.Emily Donaldson, [https://quillandquire.com/review/a-pleasant-vertigo/ "Reviews: A Pleasant Vertigo by Egidio Coccimiglio; Harbour View by Binnie Brennan; The Cousin by John Calabro"]. Quill & Quire, December 2009.

His thriller films Compulsion and Cascade were both filmed in and around Sault Ste. Marie. When Cascade premiered on Netflix in summer 2023 it premiered in the Top 10 for Canadian viewership, one of the first independent Canadian films ever to do so on that platform.Darren Taylor, [https://www.sootoday.com/arts-culture/movie-full-of-sault-connections-cracks-netflix-canadas-top-10-7299713 "Movie full of Sault connections cracks Netflix Canada's Top 10"]. Soo Today, July 20, 2023.