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In Conversation with Robert Bernacchi
Robert Bernacchi is a producer whose career reads like a passport stamped across four decades and five continents. From his early days working with Pupi Avati and Michele Placido on Italian-American co-productions in the 1990s, [...]
In Conversation with Lorenzo Grasso
Lorenzo Grasso appears in the credits, but his name rarely gets a second glance. Yet he has been part of some of the most-watched productions of recent years: from Gomorrah (the series) to The Equalizer [...]
In Conversation with Frank Scherma
President and co-founder of RadicalMedia, the independent production company he built alongside longtime partner Jon Kamen, Frank Scherma is a leading figure in the entertainment industry. Under their leadership, RadicalMedia has partnered with some of [...]
In Conversation with Alessandra Tarissi De Jacobis
Alessandra Tarissi De Jacobis is an attorney qualified in both Italy and California, with over 20 years of experience in business and legal affairs for the entertainment industry. She works across the full life cycle [...]
In Conversation with Fabrizio Mancinelli
Born and raised in L’Aquila, Fabrizio Mancinelli is a composer, songwriter, and conductor whose international career spans film, television, animation, and concert music. Trained at the “Alfredo Casella” Conservatory in L’Aquila and later at the [...]
In Conversation with Stefano Gallini-Durante
Based in Los Angeles, Italian producer Stefano Gallini-Durante develops projects across film and documentary while maintaining a strong connection with his native Italy. His producing credits include Voice from the Stone (2017), the gothic horror [...]
In Conversation with Robert Bernacchi
Robert Bernacchi is a producer whose career reads like a passport stamped across four decades and five continents. From his early days working with Pupi Avati and Michele Placido on Italian-American co-productions in the 1990s, to co-producing Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer, executive producing John Wick: Chapter 2 in Rome, and most recently serving as Head of Production for International Original Movies at Amazon MGM Studios, a role he held for nearly five years, Bernacchi has built one of Hollywood's most genuinely [...]
In Conversation with Lorenzo Grasso
Lorenzo Grasso appears in the credits, but his name rarely gets a second glance. Yet he has been part of some of the most-watched productions of recent years: from Gomorrah (the series) to The Equalizer 3, and on films that have screened at Cannes, Venice, Sundance, and Tribeca. Born in Florence, he grew up on American TV series of the Eighties, the kind that made California and Los Angeles look like the center of the universe. He studied Psychology at [...]
In Conversation with Frank Scherma
President and co-founder of RadicalMedia, the independent production company he built alongside longtime partner Jon Kamen, Frank Scherma is a leading figure in the entertainment industry. Under their leadership, RadicalMedia has partnered with some of the world's most iconic brands, including Apple, Nike, Mercedes-Benz, Google, and Coca-Cola, while expanding far beyond advertising into award-winning film, television, and documentary work, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, and London. His work has earned two Academy Awards® (for Errol Morris's The [...]
In Conversation with Alessandra Tarissi De Jacobis
Alessandra Tarissi De Jacobis is an attorney qualified in both Italy and California, with over 20 years of experience in business and legal affairs for the entertainment industry. She works across the full life cycle of audiovisual projects, with a focus on international and independent productions. Her recent work includes projects with Guadagnino, Sorrentino and Oliver Stone. She teaches International Entertainment Law at Loyola and De Paul Universities. Italy Meets Hollywood sat down with Alessandra Tarissi De Jacobis to discuss [...]
