MAIORANA's previous film as Co-Director, Co-Writer and Cinematographer, "Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 and walked away with the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award of Masterful Storytelling. The film also picked up two top prizes at Hot Docs 2017; The Rogers Audience award for Best Canadian Documentary and the Hot Docs Audience Award. In early March of 2018, the film won all three awards at the CSA for Documentary in Canada. Maiorana took away two individual awards for Best Feature Length Documentary (As co-director/co-writer) and Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary. Internationally, it captured additional success winning Best Music Documentary Film at the DOC'N ROLL Festival in London 2017 as well as Best Audience Award at The Biografilm Festival 2017 in Bologna, Italy.

MAIORANA's distinctive visual style and storytelling in his films derive from his passion for real life stories. His rich cultural background, the love for the arts, and his connection to music play a huge role in his artistic aspirations. Filmmakers like Francois Truffaut, Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Francis Ford Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee are his main inspirations. 

ALFONSO MAIORANA, CSC (associate member) interest in developing his skills as a camera operator on feature films allowed him to enhance his visual eye as a cinematographer. A member of the camera department of Montreal since his return home from Vancouver to Montreal in the mid 90’s, Maiorana has worked on projects ranging from major Hollywood Studio films (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) , International co-productions (Barney's version), Independent features (I'm Not There) , MOWs (The Wool Cap) and Network Television Series (Art of More , Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Blood & Treasure)