He co-produced, co-wrote, and directed the low-budget horror film "Psycho Girls" (1985). Several other genre films followed, eventually leading to work in episodic television and television movies. Ciccoritti was instrumental in developing the TV series "Catwalk" (1992) and "Straight Up" (1996) and began a secondary career as a director of big-budget television movies and miniseries with "Net Worth" (1995), a drama about hockey player Ted Lindsay's battles with the National Hockey League on behalf of his fellow players. Another popular film of Ciccoritti's that deals with Canadian history is "Trudeau".