Director
Armando Fumagalli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Scientific Committee
Luca Bernabei, Ceo Lux Vide
Paolo Braga, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Arturo Cattaneo, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Armando Fumagalli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Luca Manzi, Screenwriter and creative producer
Tutor
Eleonora Recalcati, story editor and screenwriter
Annalisa Gandossi, scritp consultant (Sky Originals Italy)
Teachers and tutors of the final projects
Marco Alessi, screenwriter (Elisa di Rivombrosa, Rino Gaetano, Immaturi) and producer (Tahrir, Atlantide, Disco Boy)
Robert Amidon, executive producer, Atlas Entertainment (Triple Frontier, What/If)
Francesco Arlanch, screenwriter (Anna Karenina, Doc - Nelle tue mani, Blanca).
Renata Avidano, story editor and screenwriter (La strana coppia, Cosi fan tutte, Before Pintus).
Francesco Balletta, screenwriter (Distretto di polizia, Ris, Alfredino)
Deborah Belford de Furia, script consultant Colorado, Hollywood Gang, Medusa
Adam Bernstein, Tv director, Emmy winner (30 Rock, Fargo, Breaking Bad)
Paolo Braga, professor Università Cattolica and screenwriter (Jules Verne)
Andrea Brusa, writer and director (Magic Alps, Il muro bianco, Inverno, Le voci sole)
Elena Bucaccio, head of Tv drama, Lux vide and screenwriter (Che Dio ci aiuti, Buongiorno mamma!)
Bobette Buster, script consultant, Los Angeles, and professor at NorthEastern University, Boston Pixar Animation Studios, etc.
Gianfranco Cordara, Digital Supply Chain Consultant, Crunchyroll, Los Angeles
Lucia Cereda, head of development, Medusa.
Laura Cotta Ramosino, TV series development executive, Cattleya (Nero a metà, Tutto può succedere, Circeo)
Luisa Cotta Ramosino, Director, Original Series, Netflix Italy
Craig Detweiler, professor at Gran Canyon University (Phoenix) and documentary director
Jennifer Dornbush, screenwriter and author, Los Angeles
Ryan Dornbush, VP and Director, Operations and HR, Alcon Entertainment, Los Angeles
Armando Fumagalli, professor, Università Cattolica, script consultant for Lux vide.
Jordi Gasull, screenwriter and producer, Madrid (Lope, Tadeo Jones, Atrapa la bandera /Capture the Flag, Mummies).
Giorgio Grignaffini, General Manager Taodue
Nadia Grippiolo, producer (Alex & Co., Come diventare grandi nonostante I genitori, Marta e Eva)
Steve Kaplan, script consultant and founder HBO New Writing Program
Francesca Longardi, producer Cattleya (Io non ho paura, Benvenuti al Sud, Summertime, Petra)
Luca Manzi, screenwriter and creative producer (Don Matteo, Boris)
Emanuele Marchesi, head of development, Sky Originals Italy
Jeff Melvoin, showrunner (Northern Exposure, Alias, Designated Survivor, Killing Eve)
Carlo Micciché, Director, Osservatorio Editoriale, Mediaset
Erica Negri, Head of Commissioning, Scripted Production, Sky Originals, Italy.
Gennaro Nunziante, screenwriter and director (Sole a catinelle, Quo vado, Il vegetale, Belli ciao)
Paolo Paggetta, Coordinator Pay and Svod Department, Mediaset
Alberto Pasquale, Director Umbria Film Commission, Film Business University Lecturer
Mara Perbellini, screenwriter (La vita che corre, Penny on MARS, Marta e Eva)
Erminio Perocco, copywriter (commercials Telecom, Lavazza) and advertising director (Crodino).
Miranda Pisione, screenwriter and lecturer
Valentina Pozzoli, head of development, Onza Partners, Madrid
Eleonora Recalcati, story editor and screenwriter (Che Dio ci aiuti, Maggie e Bianca Fashion Friends, Marta e Eva)
Mario Ruggeri, screenwriter (Don Matteo, Un passo dal cielo, Devils)
Maurizio Sangalli, screenwriter (Love Bugs, Il mammo, Casa e bottega).
Paolo Sigismondi, professor Global Entertainment, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Lea Tafuri, screenwriter (Coco Chanel, Chiara Lubich, Alda Merini)
John Truby, head of Truby Writers Studio, Los Angeles
Andrea Valagussa, screenwriter (Distretto di polizia, La strada di casa, Fino all’ultimo battito)
Gaia Violo, Screenwriter (Blood & Treasure, Star Trek), and creator (Absentia, In From the Cold), Los Angeles
Nicholas Weinstock, producer Invention Films (Severance, Escape at Dannemora, Thelma)
John Williams, Cinema writer and director, professor at Sophia University, Tokyo
Fabrizio Zappi, Director, Rai Documentari
Special lecturers
Eleonora Andreatta, Vice President, Original Content, Netflix
Giorgio Assumma, Lawyer, President Fondazione Perseus
Pierdomenico Baccalario, author and founder, Book on a Tree
Luca Barbareschi, actor, producer and director (Adriano Olivetti, Something Good, J'Accuse)
Luca Bernabei, Ceo Lux Vide (War and Peace, Medici, Masters of Florence, Doc, Leonardo)
Massimo Bruno, Director DeAKids Channels
Valentina Cambi, Freelance Writer and Editorial Coordinator (Disney Publishing, Rai-Eri, Piemme, etc.)
Alessandro D’Avenia, novelist and screenwriter (Bianca come il latte rossa come il sangue, Ciò che inferno non è, L’arte di essere fragili).
Paolo Del Brocco, ceo RaiCinema
Ilaria Gomarasca, head of First Cut +, Film Festival Consultant, Paris
Giulia Ichino, publishing editor Bompiani, Giunti Publishing Group
Silvia Martinoli, author Disney publishing and journalist for Topolino
Jaime Ondarza, ceo Fremantle Southern Europe and Israel
Carlotta Quattrocolo, Executive Editor, Global Magazines, Disney
Maria Rodriguez Rabadan, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Marilena Rossi, director of Italian fiction, Mondadori
Paola Ruggeri, International Tv Marketing Analyst, Mediaset
Andrea Scrosati, ceo Fremantle Europe
Antonio Stefanucci, line producer (La piovra, Ris, Volare, Ognuno è perfetto)
Alessandro Usai, Ceo Colorado Film
David Zannoni, Zannoni Media Consulting, Mexico
Michele Zatta, producer Raifiction (Mare fuori, Il cacciatore)
Teachers of the animation workshop
Alfio Bastiancich, head of animation, Showlab.
Andrea Bozzetto, director (Topo Tip)
Robin Lyons, screenwriter and producer, Calon, Cardiff - UK (Hana’s Helpline, YoYo)
Luca Milano, Director, Rai Kids
Evelina Poggi, Producer Lynx Multimedia Factory
Margherita Premuroso, animator and director, Milan and London
Silvia Rigotto, executive producer, script consultant and agent (Rigotz Stories)
Giorgio Scorza, director (Strappare lungo I bordi)
Maurizia Sereni, head of development Movimenti
Teachers of the workshop “Writing the musical”
Philip LaZebnik, Screenwriter (Mulan, Pocahontas, The Prince of Egypt)
Pippa Cleary, author and musician, London (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, The Great British Bake Off Musical)
Ronald Kruschak, screenwriter and producer, Germany (Snow White and Me, A Little Peace)
Due to Covid restrictions or difficulties for teachers to travel, some of the classes could be held on line. The aim of the direction of the course is to have as many classes as possible in presence. But in spite of this a total of 5% to 10% of classes on line could reasonably be expected.