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name: "Mario DiLeo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mario-dileo"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
updated: "2026-09-16T23:18:11.112636+00:00"
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# Mario DiLeo

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1984–1995
- **Works often with:** Bruce Seth Green, Douglas Ibold, Doug Lefler, Janet Greek, Jim Johnston, John Schulian

## Biography

Mario DiLeo is a cinematographer and television director. He began his career in camera and electrical departments, working on series such as *Battlestar Galactica* (1978) and *Galactica 1980* (1980), and served as director of photography on episodes of *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), *Hardcastle and McCormick* (1983–1984) and *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985).

DiLeo directed episodes of *Miami Vice* (1986), *Crime Story* (1986), *The Equalizer* (1986), *Baywatch* (1989), *Babylon 5* (1994–1995) and *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1996). He also directed the feature *The Final Alliance* (1990) and worked as cinematographer on later projects including *The Untouchables* (1993–1994) and *When I Find the Ocean* (2006).

*Sources: imdb.com, miamivice.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Babylon 5* (1994), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also known for

- *Baywatch* (1989), Director
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Lucky Luke* (1991), Second Unit Director
- *Galactica 1980* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Breaker! Breaker!* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Nightmares* (1983), Director of Photography
- *The Equalizer* (1985), Director
- *The Evil* (1978), Director of Photography

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