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.

His credits include the theatrical films The Life Before This, Blood, The Resurrection of Tony Gitone, and Paris, France.

He has also directed episodic television, including Bomb Girls, Being Erica, Straight Up, ReGenesis, and King.

[1] Ciccoritti has been nominated for and won several Gemini Awards, including a record number of wins for Best Director (Television).

He won the inaugural Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for the CBC TV movie John A.: Birth of a Country.