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
Giulia Cavazza, story editor

Teachers and  tutors of the final projects

Marco Alessi, screenwriter (Elisa di Rivombrosa, Rino Gaetano, Immaturi) and producer (Tahrir, Atlantide)
Francesco Arlanch, screenwriter (Anna Karenina, Doc, 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
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)
Anne Brogan, producer, Managing Director Kindle Entertainment, London (Hank Zipzer, Jamillah and Aladdin)
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.
Gianfranco Cordara, Vice President, Global Operations, DisneyPlus, Los Angeles
Lucia Cereda, head of development, Medusa.
Laura Cotta Ramosino,  TV series development executive, Cattleya (Nero a metà, Tutto può succedere)
Luisa Cotta Ramosino, Director, Original Series, Netflix Italy
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).
Giorgio Grignaffini, General Manager Taodue
Nadia Grippiolo, producer 3Zero2 (Alex & Co., Come diventare grandi nonostante I genitori, Marta e Eva)
Laurie Hutzler, screenwriter and script consultant (In the Valley of Elah, Quantum of Solace), Los Angeles and London.
Francesca Longardi, producer Cattleya (Io non ho paura, Benvenuti al Sud, Summertime, Petra)
Luca Manzi, screenwriter and creative producer (Don Matteo, Boris)
Carlo Micciché, Director, Osservatorio Editoriale, Mediaset
Erica Negri, Executive producer, Scripted Production, Sky Originals, Italy.
Simona Nobile, script consultant (Eurimages, Creative Europe, Amber Entertainment - London).
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).
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, Romeo and Juliet, Chiara Lubich)
John Truby, head of Truby Writers Studio, Los Angeles
Andrea Valagussa, screenwriter (Distretto di polizia, La strada di casa, Fino all’ultimo battito)
Massimo Venier, screenwriter and director  (Chiedimi se sono felice, Il giorno in più, Odio l’estate)
Gaia Violo, Screenwriter (Blood & Treasure), and creator (Absentia, In From the Cold), Los Angeles
Nicholas Weinstock, producer Invention Films (Severance, Escape at Dannemora)
John Williams, Cinema writer and director, professor at Sophia University, Tokyo
Fabrizio Zappi, Director, Rai Documentari

Special lecturers

Eleonora Andreatta, Vice President, Original Series Italy, 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, Nebbie e delitti)
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, ecc.)
Alessandro D’Avenia, novelist and screenwriter (Bianca come il latte rossa come il sangue, Ciò che inferno non è, L’arte di essere fragili).
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, Executive VP, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Viacom CBS.
Maria Rodriguez Rabadan, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Marilena Rossi, editor Italian fiction, Mondadori
Paola Ruggeri, International Tv Marketing Analyst, Mediaset
Antonio Stefanucci, line producer (La piovra, Ris, Volare, Ognuno è perfetto)
Alessandro Usai, Ceo Colorado Film

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, Business Development 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
Caterina Vacchi, Head of production department Atlantyca (Geronimo Stilton, Berry Bees)

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 10% of classes on line could reasonably be expected.