Facultys

He graduated with a degree in letters and as a research doctor in entertainment sciences from the National Academy of Dramatic Art “Silvio D’Amico.” In 1999, he founded the company “Circo Bordeaux.” He has written over twenty plays, many of which have been published or translated. Creator and director of five editions of the festival of theatrical alterities “Ubu Settete,” he has written theatrical reviews and essays for various journals in the sector. In addition, he was the creator and author of the “Limerick” program that aired on Rai-RadioUno, and for many years, he worked in the field of video game design. He recently published the “Lezioni di scrittura teatrale” manual, co-written with Francesco Silvestri. He teaches playwriting at La Sapienza University and the Omero School of Writing.

After graduating in Communication in 2002, she obtained a PhD in Cultural Sciences in Germany. Strategic agency planner for over ten years, TP Vice President from 2011 to 2014, a journalist since 2019, and president of Cr.A.Sh since 2013; she has taught since 2005 the disciplines of Semiotics of multimedia text, Theories of perception and Aesthetics of the visual arts. She has two monographs and articles published in Italian and foreign journals. Since 2019, she has been working in journalism; since 2015, she has been involved in educational planning and communication design. Since 2017, she has held the position of International Program Manager in the academic field.

She holds master’s degrees in Theory and Technique of Narration from the Holden School (under Alessandro Baricco), Film Screenplay (with Jean-Claude Carrière), Barbarano CineLab (under Marco Bellocchio and Marco Müller), and the Biennale College Cinema International Workshop at the Venice Film Festival. Her debut novel, Il Carnefice, is a bestseller with 100,000 copies sold. She has also published La Paura and La Belva with Newton Compton, and her upcoming novel, Fammi Male, will be released by Mondadori. Her latest novel, La Star, is published by Giunti. She has collaborated with various production companies in cinema and TV. The subject and script of Delitto Naturale were nominated for the Golden Globes and the Nastro d’Argento in 2020. Currently, she is a screenwriter for the film L’Occhio del Coniglio.

Graduated in Film and Television Directing and Programming from the DAMS of Roma Tre, he holds a Master’s Degree in Digital Audio-Video Editing from La Sapienza University of Rome. He has worked for fifteen years in advertising, fashion, art, television, cinema, author reportage, and documentary, as well as in the cultural and social field, designing and implementing events and exhibitions related to cinema and audio-visuals throughout the national territory.

He graduated from the DAMS University of Rome Roma Tre and later completed his training with Script Editor Josh Golding at Saint Martin’s University in London. His professional experiences include Current TV, Wired, and Pagina 99, where he writes about TV, cinema, technology, and video games. He is an author for Laeffe and collaborates with the International Journalism Festival of Perugia, the Genoa Science Festival, Vice, and Samsung. With FremantleMedia Italia, he participates as an author in some flagship programs such as “Italia’s Got Talent” and “X-Factor”. At the same time, for Rai, he is the author of “Il Borgo dei Borghi” and “Stati Generali”. He writes for the video game vlog “La Soffitta del Nerd” and follows the AI and filmmaking project entitled “This Frame Doesn’t Exist”.

A freelance filmmaker and photojournalist since the mid-90s, he began specialising in reporting on wildlife such as bears, wolves, and lynxes for major Italian and foreign weekly magazines. In 2002, he received accreditation from the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Information and Publishing Department as a FotoCineTeleReporter. He has photographed actors and film directors for years and has become an accredited freelance photographer in the television studios of RAI, Mediaset, and LA7. As a speleologist, he creates reports and documentaries of explorations and scientific research in central Italy’s natural and artificial cavities on behalf of universities and the superintendence of Lazio and Umbria. Since 2015, he has been the author and DoP of music video clips and short films. Additionally, since then, these activities have been complemented by teaching activities.

She has illustrated over eighty children’s books, working with the leading Italian publishing houses. She has collaborated with several companies to create logos, wine and product labels, posters for cinema and theatre, “Minimondi”, “Festival Internazionale di Teatro di Marano”, set designs for television, 2D music videos, and video games. She has won several awards, including Legambiente, the European Breast Cancer Arts and Humanities Award, and Arts and Humanities in Vienna. An important career recognition came in 2021 during the “Beni comuni, sostenibilità, irriverenza” initiative. She is a founding partner of “B17 Illustrations”, the first Italian illustration shop. She is the author and illustrator of two books: “Unpuntino” and “Il viaggio di Cocòcco”.

He specialised in visual communication design at the European Institute of Design in Rome in 1993. He has collaborated with various graphic studios, companies, publishing houses, and non-profit organisations. He has done graphic design, drawing magazines, books, posters, house organs, reports, and catalogues for public institutions and private companies. He has developed visual identity projects in the cultural sphere by signing the trademarks and communication of organisations and associations, as well as designing exhibition graphics and way-finding systems. Since 2008, he has been a professor of graphic design in the field of editorial design.

She is a researcher and lecturer in media economics and specialises in the study of film and television markets. She has collaborated with the leading Italian research institutes on the economy of the media and with the study centres of the most significant public and private subjects in the audiovisual sector: mic -DGCA, Cohesion and Development Agency, ANICA, APA, AGIS, Centoautori, Doc/It. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Campania Film Commission Region. Since 2017, she has been a lecturer of Audiovisual Economics at the Sapienza University of Rome, where she is pursuing her PhD. In 2023, her book “Audiovisual Economics” (ed. Dino Audino) was published.

After several graphic prizes and competitions for digital images and animations won in the 90s, he designed new editorial sections. He compiled their content for many Italian newspapers until he became a registered 3D graphics journalist. As a consultant and coordinator, he has designed and directed advanced graphic design courses for various public and private entities. He is currently a lecturer for the AANT, NABA, UniLink, and Faculty of Engineering at Tor Vergata. As Managing Director, he has been running Imago Edizioni srl for over 30 years. An Autodesk 3DS Max Certified Lecturer, he is one of 500 Epic Authorized Teachers worldwide for the Unreal Engine 5.x real-time, gaming, and immersive production ecosystem.

His training in the humanistic approach was oriented towards mediology and communication. At La Sapienza, he obtained a PhD in Promotion and Marketing of the Performing Arts. After decades of experience as a director and assistant director for national broadcasters and television productions, he specialises in creative direction, collaborating with advertising agencies on behalf of various international brands, focusing on audiovisual design and transmedia communication strategies. He teaches creative direction and transmedia design at academic and university institutions as an academic researcher. He has published monographic essays on advertising in books and scientific journals and the relationship between marketing, film, and television entertainment.

Luana Fedele is a lecturer in the History of Cinema and Videos at the Academy of Arts and New Technologies in Rome and Economics and Organisation, Audiovisual Marketing at La Sapienza in Rome. She is the author of national and international publications on Italian cinema’s social, cultural and industrial history. She is the editor of the book *“Romarcord. Ricerche di storia sociale del cinema a Roma: 1945-1975”* (Bulzoni, 2023) and member of the editorial staff of the magazine *Imago. Studi di cinema e media*. As a project manager, she collaborates with Anica Academy ETS for advanced training courses for young people and audiovisual professionals. She has worked as a social media manager for Multiplatform Rai1, MIA-International Audiovisual Market and Renoir Film Academy.

He graduated in 2021 from IED (European Institute of Design) in New Art Technologies, specializing in Computer Generated Animation. His professional experience focuses on the film, gaming, and advertising sectors as a 3D generalist, specifically in 3D modelling, texturing, lighting, shading, rendering, and 3D animation. He currently works as a Lead 3D artist for Besteam, a company in the gaming and metaverse sector, and serves as a 3D Modelling supervisor for Chronos Corps, an Italian fashion company. Additionally, he is an academic and lecturer at various training and work institutions. As a 3D freelance artist, he collaborates with both Italian and foreign productions, including a recent collaboration with the Californian studio 22Dogs.

He worked as an assistant director on the series “Esterno Notte” (M. Bellocchio), “M – Il figlio del secolo” (J. Wright), and on the films “Blackout Love” (F. Marino), “Felicità” (M. Ramazzotti), and “Here Now” (G. Muccino). He has written and directed video clips and short films selected at numerous festivals; his latest work, “La Carezza,” was selected at over 40 festivals, winning nine awards. He won the 2022 Solinas Award for Best Short Section Script and the 2020 Bixio Award for best series concept with “Screen in Green,” together with Matteo Bianchi. In 2021, he was a finalist at the InediTo Colline Award in Turin with a script for animated shorts and won the award for best screenplay at the Inventa Un Film Festival and best concept at the Plot Point Awards 2022. He has collaborated as a filmmaker with Giornate degli Autori and ANICA Academy.

A well-rounded Digital Artist, he graduated in 2018 from the AANT and completed his training specialising in CGI and Digital Sculpting. He started working in advertising as a Retoucher and Motion Designer, with a professional focus on 3D modelling. As a freelancer, he creates cross-media visual and audiovisual content for luxury fashion, cinema, gaming, advertising, and institutional clients. He collaborates with several agencies, including MADRE Int. and Pro Format Comunicazione. A lifelong enthusiast of fantasy, sci-fi, and model-making, he creates characters for video games, tabletops, and objects for 3D printing as a Digital Sculptor. Since 2022, he has been teaching in addition to his professional activity.

Growing up with a photographer father, Jacopo started his first photoshoot during his first year of high school. From that moment on, photography became a part of his daily life. He debuted as Director of Photography in 2015 and in 2022, he was the director of photography for his first film, a production that took place between Cinecittà and New York. He had the immense honour of illuminating the Oscar winner Mariel Hemingway. Jacopo is also very active in the music sector, collaborating with major international labels such as Sony Music, Warner Music, and Universal Music. He has worked with many big names in the national and international music scene, including Ultimo, Renato Zero, Il Volo, Marco Mengoni, Alessandra Amoroso, and many others.

She graduated with a degree in Economics and Organisation of Cinema and Television from the University of Rome La Sapienza. She completed her studies with a master’s in Audio-visual Management from the Sole24Ore Business School. She immediately began her career in the coordination of film production. After that, she devoted herself more to advertising and corporate videos. She specialised as a Producer, dealing with the economic management and realisation of multimedia and audio-visual projects for numerous local and international brands and institutions. At the same time, she worked in post-production as a VFX Producer. In 2022, she began her teaching experience at the AANT, in addition to her other professional activities.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Cinematographic Art from RUFA and a First Level Master’s in Humanistic Coaching and NLP. She has collaborated as a lecturer in Directing and as a coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Interaction Design at the Quasar Institute for Advanced Design. She specialises in designing and directing TV commercials and has created video promotional campaigns for numerous brands. She has experience as an executive producer, a dubbing assistant at Sound Art23, a video editor, and a director’s assistant in films for the cinema. She is the Artistic Director at “Cinemando di Martina Meo,” where she teaches film acting and serves as a jury member for the “Una storia per il cinema” contest.

A clinical psychologist by training, he conducted art therapy workshops for people with psychosis. He began his copywriting career as a consultant for UniCredit Banca, Save the Children, and Doctors Without Borders. He has created campaigns and signed dozens of cartoons, winning significant awards such as the Flash Forward and the Annecy Festival. At 30, he began writing the first of five novels. In recent times, his main activity has been theatre and video making. He has written and performed several comedy theatre monologues and reached the final at Italia’s Got Talent in 2020. His satirical videos are broadcasted several times on La7 (Propaganda Live), Repubblica.it, and Internazionale.it. For three years, he has been editing a video book on RaiPlay where he tells the lives of writers and is the leading voice of the podcast “Willy, una storia di ragazzi”.

He specialises in photojournalism, visual storytelling, and multimedia projects on migration, mental health, human rights, and social justice. His work has been published in national and international press. He has collaborated with various organisations, NGOs, and foundations, including UNHCR, Medu, Terra, International Rescue Committee, Luca Coscioni Association, Médecins du Monde, and Paolo Bulgari Foundation. Some of his recent projects include a report for NPR on the ship of Médecins Sans Frontières for the search and rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and the web documentary “Da quassù si vede il mare,” which focuses on the Roman outskirts of Tor Bella Monaca. This documentary was officially presented at the Maxxi during the Rome Film Festival 2023. In addition to his work as a photographer and lecturer, he is also a clinical psychologist.

After completing scientific and musical studies, she graduated from the Istituto Superiore di Fotografia e Comunicazione Integrata in Rome in 2012. Together with nine other members, she founded “Another Studio,” a photography and graphics studio for which she mainly deals with still-life photography. In 2016, she served as a photo retoucher for the Rio 2016 Olympic campaign. Intrigued by agency life, she enrolled in the First Level Academic Course in Graphic Design at the AANT, graduating with 110 cum laude. She later worked on Mastercard campaigns and some Real Time programs. She is currently the Art Director at Hhype Agency and collaborates as a freelance photographer and photo retoucher for different companies. Since 2021, these activities have been complemented by teaching roles.

He trained as a playwright at the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi and as a screenwriter at the RTI School of Television and the New York Film Academy. He has been working for television for over twenty years and today is one of the most influential authors of his generation. He has worked as project leader and author with the most significant television hosts and with the leadingproduction companies, collaborating both in major prime-time shows (Sanremo Festival, C’è postaper te, La Corrida) and experimental programs (he wrote the first editions of Married at First SightItalia, Boss in Incognito, Sex Tape), going from the adaptation of large international formats (Italia’s Got Talent, Tu Si QueVales, First Dates) to the collaboration for the creation of original formats (Dalla Strada al Palco, Uomini e Donne, Il Forno delle Meraviglie).

After beginning his Media and Communication Sciences studies at Tor Vergata University, he received training at the Istituto Superiore di Fotografia e Comunicazione Integrata in Rome, earning a three-year diploma in Photography with top marks. Since 2012, he has worked as a freelance photographer, collaborating with companies such as L’Oréal Paris Italia, Mastercard, and Poste Italiane. His specialisation is creating corporate images, catalogues, advertising campaigns, and editorial projects. In 2012, he co-founded Another Studio in Rome, evolving it from a photographic studio into a dynamic creative agency that promotes collective and innovative photographic projects. Since 2016, he has been an editorial photographer for Platinum magazine, a partner of Il Sole 24 Ore, and since 2018, he has been teaching photography and digital post-production.

He attended the DAMS in Roma Tre, and even before completing his studies, he worked in the editing room alongside various directors, including Paolo Virzì, Fausto Brizzi, Gabriele Salvatores and Luca Manfredi. In 2012, he began his work as a television director and author, and since 2013, he has been writing and directing TV programmes, TV series and docufilms for the main television networks. Since 2018, he has focused on writing and directing docufilms, experimenting with virtual production. He has produced dozens of documentaries, some translated and distributed in more than ten countries. His latest works include “Viareggio 1969” (Rai), the series “Bande criminale” (Sky) and “Una giornata particolare” (La7), now in its third season with millions of viewers. Since 2024, these activities are complemented by teaching activities.

In 2003, she graduated from La Sapienza with a thesis on the History of Islamic Art. As a professional photographer since 2001, she has collaborated with prominent institutes, including the Treccani Encyclopedia, the BBC, and the Ministry of Culture. She has participated in archaeological missions as an art historian and photographer in Central Asia and Pakistan. In her professional career, Art History and Photography have always been strongly connected, allowing her to develop a path of analysis of images structured on the dialogue between the two areas, a direction that she has been following with her teaching activity since 2003. Since 2017, she has directed the project “Percorsi Fotografici nell’Arte” in collaboration with notable cultural associations and frequently with the Italian Touring Club.

Her training is focused on visual communication, starting with studies in Graphic Design at the AANT. She continued her education with courses and masters to thoroughly analyse animation and video postproduction techniques in the television and film industries. Her professional career began in 2003 in various advertising and communication companies. She then freelanced in video editing, post-production, graphics, and compositing companies. She has collaborated with La Sapienza University and MUR. Since 2003, she has also been involved in educational activities in training institutes and universities.

After graduating from the DAMS in Bologna with a degree in cinema, he specialised in film editing through an Advanced Training course organised by the Cineteca di Bologna. Subsequently, he obtained a Master’s degree in audio/video editing from La Sapienza University of Rome. As a director, author, and editor, he is a founding member of Halibut Film, an audiovisual production company specialising in producing commercials, television programmes, short films, and social documentaries. He lectures at La Sapienza University of Rome and the AANT Academy of Arts and New Technologies.

A live sound engineer and sound designer for cinema and television, he graduated from the DAMS in Roma Tre with a thesis on “The importance of sound in television production cultures”. He completed his training by attending workshops, seminars, and advanced training courses in audio post-production and sound design. He has worked for years as a sound engineer in direct business and audio post-production, as well as in television programs and commercials for Rai, Mediaset, and other national television networks. He has lectured on the Elements of the audio mix for video post-production at the Masters and workshops organised by the Department of History of Art and Entertainment of the Sapienza University of Rome. Since 2023, he has been a lecturer at the AANT.

After graduating in Modern Letters from the University of Turin with a thesis in History and Criticism of Cinema and a Master’s degree in new technologies applied to entertainment, he founded the Zenit video production cooperative in Turin, where he works with audiovisual teaching. He then embarked on a career in the world of film production, initially in the production department with films such as “La seconda Volta” by Mimmo Calopresti, “Tutti giù per terra” by Davide Ferrario, and “Libero Burro” by Sergio Castellitto. Later, he served as an assistant director on projects like “Santa Maradona” and “A/R. Andata+Ritorno” by Marco Ponti and “1992” by Giuseppe Gagliardi. He eventually transitioned to directing with works like “Cardiofitness,” “Ris 5. Delitti imperfetti,” and “Ris Roma. Delitti imperfetti.” Since the 2000s, he has also been involved in teaching activities.

After graduating from the Theatre and Performing Arts program, he began an artistic career, writing and performing theatre performances, readings, and concerts. He was a guest at the 2016 Tenco Award and won the award for best text at Musicultura 2015. He has published two books of poems, two collections of short stories, and a song record. On television, he was a guest of Fiorello, Stefano Bollani, and Valentina Cenni; in cinema, he wrote and performed the song “Dio è luminosa assenza” in the film “Il Legionario”. He teaches at the AANT in Rome and conducts writing workshops in associations, schools, and other institutions. From the texts written by prisoners during a workshop in the prison of Frosinone, the book “Letteratura d’evasione” was born. He is one of the founders of the theatrical format Sgombro and among the authors and presenters of the Radio Rai3 programme “Le ripetizioni”.

His training is focused on visual communication, beginning with his studies in Graphic Design at the Istituto Pio XI in Rome. He started his professional career in the publishing industry at the Tamoil group and then moved on to a thematic television channel called Stream, where he worked as a graphic designer, focusing on the company’s visual identity and communication. Since the 2000s, he has also been involved in motion graphics and video editing. Some of his notable recent projects include the film “Beata Te” by Paola Randi, documentaries such as “Il Carattere Italiano” by Angelo Bozzolini, and the TV series “La Mala-Banditi a Milano” for Sky.