The Master in International Screenwriting and Production was born with two post-graduate courses in Tecniche di scrittura per la fiction (2000 and 2001), that became a Master Universitario di I livello in 2002-2003. The Master has been running every other year (2004-2005, 2006-2007, etc. until 2014-2015) with the name of Scrittura e produzione per la fiction e il cinema. Since 2016-2017 it has been taught completely in English and it has the MISP name.

 

The alumni of the MISP have been writers, story editors, creative producers and in some cases directors of more than 2.500 hours of feature films and/or prime time Televisions and/or Tv series broadcasted in the main International platforms like Netflix, Amazon, DisneyPlus, etc.

 

Some of the alumni have reached very high positions as head of development of production companies or executive positions in high profile commissioners, like Luisa Cotta Ramosino, Director of Tv series for Netflix Italy, or Erica Negri, head of Commissioning for Sky Original Tv series Italy.

 

Only in 2025, and only in Italy, MISP alumni have been writers, creative producers, story editors or directors of more than 25 different Tv series (Belcanto, Blanca, Call My Agent Italia, Che Dio ci aiuti, Hotel Costiera, Il Gattopardo, Sandokan and many others) broadcasted in the main Italian channels or platforms like Netflix and Amazon, and of 6 feature films released in theaters or the two main platforms just mentioned. In some cases, up to 11 alumni have been working in different roles (headwriters, writers of episodes, creative producers, etc.) in just one Tv series.

 

Short films written, directed and/or produced by Misp’s alumni have been winning awards all over the world, including Emmy Student Award, Venice Film Festival and David di Donatello.

 

Other alumni have been working on advertising or as theatre play authors or as production assistants, or assistant directors in many films or TV series.

 

Others have been working as authors for comics (Disney Publishing, ReNoir, Manga Vibe), or in tv channels or networks (Italia 1, Rete 4, Canale 5, Sky Cinema, Lei tv, Discovery), or in production or distribution companies or in specialized press (Best Movie, Box office) or publishing companies (Mondadori, Rizzoli, Il Castoro).

 

In the area of novels, the alumni of MISP have been authors, among others, of international best-sellers like Bianca come il latte rossa come il sangue, published in more than twenty countries; and some series of novels for  young girls like Leila blue and Aria (both series for Mondadori), which have been also published in many countries. Only in 2024 and 2025 around twenty  novels have been published by our alumni, with some of the top Italian publishing companies like De Agostini, Mondadori, Piemme, Rizzoli, etc.