His work has screened at the NY Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival, the Virginia Festival of American Film, the Columbus Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston and Worldfest-Flagstaff. A few of Zarro's awards include: a student
Academy Award, a Cine Golden Eagle, a Telly, an
Addy, a
Mercury Award, a
Questar, an
Aurora Award, an
Axion and an
Apex. He is a member of the
Screen Actors Guild, and he acts in movies, television and the theatre. In 1998, Zarro established the Zarro Acting Academy, training film actors on the East Coast. His classes have given numerous students a start in major motion pictures, prime time television and national cable shows. In addition, he taught as an adjunct instructor at
Regent University (1989–1991) in
Virginia Beach,
Virginia and
Old Dominion University (2001–2006) in Norfolk, Virginia. During his undergrad years, Zarro was President of the Communications chapter of
Alpha Epsilon Rho and his video dramas won regional and national awards. In 1986, he wrote and directed a student film
Bird in a Cage, which won a Student Academy Award. He has a BA from the
University of Tulsa in Television and Theatre and an MA from Regent in Film. He made an uncredited appearance as a soldier in the
Ted Turner film
Gods and Generals. He is currently an assistant professor of
cinema-television at
Palm Beach Atlantic University. == Film ==