After completing a degree in Political Science in Paris, Clara attended MISP 2022-2023. She has been a development assistant intern at Federation Studios -an international TV studio based in Paris-, and at Disney France. She has worked as a writing coordinator for a French TV show for the European channel ARTE. She is now working in the development department of the production company Montmartre Films in Paris.
"MISP gave me a chance to finally follow my passion. Thanks to this program, I was able to confidently take my first steps into the industry with a strong foundation in screenwriting and story editing and a good knowledge of the International entertainment field. But most of all, I had the opportunity to meet many inspiring professionals and classmates from all over the world."
Alumni
The Misp is characterized by the extremely high percentage of alumni that work successfully as writers or producers in the audiovisual industry: they have been authors of thousands of hours of prime time TV series and a good number of feature films, many of them highly successful and/or with a big International impact.
Clara Dufay - class of 2023
Claudia Munarin - class of 2019
While completing the Master Program, Claudia started an internship in Rome at Cattleya, one of the most important Italian production companies, becoming story editor and working on the shooting set of a Tv series for Rai Uno. Today she works in Milan, at Sky Italia, in the development of Sky Originals Tv Series (“Hanno ucciso l’uomo ragno”. “Call My Agent – Italia” etc.)
"I have always been passionate about cinema and TV series and I decided to take part in the MISP because I wanted to find out if this passion could also become a profession. And so it did. After loving the what, I learned to love the how."
Amanda Devine, Writer and development executive - class of 2017
With a degree in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, she attended the Misp in 2016-2017. She has written on two seasons of the Disney Channel series Penny on MARS, with MIsp alumna and professor Mara Perbellini. Currently she works as a Tv writer and development executive at Novo Inspire Studios, a Los Angeles-based production company (A Tale Dark & Grimm, for Netflix, Monster Summmer, starring Mel Gibson).
“The Masters Program gave me a firm foundation in story structure and character development, which is critical no matter where you end up in the entertainment field”.
Edoardo Gino, Creative producer for Lux vide - class of 2015
Edoardo Gino is currently working in Lux vide, as creative producer for TV series (Un passo dal cielo, Devils, Doc- Nelle tue mani, Sandokan, etc.)
“I entered the MISP with two things: a passion for writing, and the dream to make a living out of it. Just a few months after the end of the program, my dream had become a concrete reality. You need your 3% of talent on your own, but if you want to learn the 97% of technique and persistence that you need to write a great story, the MISP is your place to be.”
Alessandro D'Avenia, Writer - class of 2007
His first novel (Bianca come il latte rossa come il sangue, 2010), has sold more than one million copies in Italy, has been published in more than 20 countries, and has been adapted into a feature film. His following books (Cose che nessuno sa, Ciò che inferno non è, L’arte di essere fragili, Ogni storia è una storia d’amore, L’appello, Resisti cuore) have been similarly in the best seller list of their year and three of them have become theatre plays. He writes a weekly column in the main Italian newspaper, Il Corriere della sera.
“I write to know how it is going to end”.
Francesco Arlanch Screenwriter (class of 2000)
Author of more than twenty TV miniseries for RAI (National Italian Broadcaster), most of them among the top rating shows of the year. Author also of many episodes of top-rating TV series, two feature films, and some animation series. A good number of them have been broadcasted in many countries of the world (for ex. John Paul II, starring Jon Voight, coproduction with CBS, Anna Karenina, Sant'Agostino, etc.). He is among the authors of the second and third season of Medici. Masters of Florence, coproduction between Rai and Netflix, and co-head writer of two other big International successes of recent years: Doc – Nelle tue mani and Blanca. Both of them have been sold to many countries, and Doc has been very successfully remade in US for Fox.
“Years ago I attended this Master’s Program as a pastime activity (at that time it only lasted a few months). Today I make a living from what I learned in those few months and I’ve fulfilled a dream that before I didn’t even dare to nurture: to write for the screen. This Masters Program can change your life.”