ðə dᵻɹˈɛktɚ hɐz ˈɔːlsoʊ dᵻpˈɪktᵻd ðɪ ɪtˈæliəŋkɐnˈeɪdiən ɛkspˈiəɹɪəns, wɪð fˈɪlmz lˈaɪk bˈɔɪ mˈiːts ɡˈɜːl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt ænd ðə tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən ˌædæptˈeɪʃən ʌv nˈiːnoʊ ɹˈɪksaɪz lˈaɪvz ʌvðə sˈeɪnts.
The director has also depicted the Italian-Canadian experience, with films like Boy Meets Girl (1998) and the television adaptation of Nino Ricci's Lives of the Saints.