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Alessandro Jacchia

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Alessandro Jacchia
Born(1960-09-04)September 4, 1960(age 63)
NationalityItalian
OccupationProducer

Alessandro Jacchia(Italian pronunciation:[alesˈsandrojakˈkiːa];born 5 September 1960) is an Italian producer.[1]He is co-founder, president and CCO of Albatross Entertainment S.p.A.

Life and career

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Alessandro Jacchia was born inMexico Cityin 1960.

He is married and has two daughters. Since 2006 he is the President and Chief Creative Officer ofAlbatross Entertainment S.p.a.,an audiovisual production company based inRome.

He graduated with a master's degree in Film Direction from theLondon Film Schoolin 1982 and in 1984 with a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from theUniversity of Southern California(the P. Stark Motion Picture Producing Course) inLos Angeles. Alessandro Jacchia began his career inLos Angelesin 1982, developing projects and scripts as a story editor for film producerSteve RothatColumbia Pictures.During the following three years he held the same position also atParamount Picturesand for producerAlain Bernheim. In 1985 he moved toMexicoand joinedTelevisaS.A., Latin America's largest telecommunications group, as Director of Artistic Development, an appointment he held until 1991. In 1987 became Producer of Telenovelas (soap operas) until 1990 when, with the soapMi segunda Madre(200 episodes) he won Best Television Production of the year and nine out of the twelve "TV y Novelas" Awards.

In 1992 he joined the newly foundedLuxVideSpa as a Director, responsible for producing European projects until 1998. He became a Member of the Board of Directors at Eudoxa, Lux Vide' s production arm and simultaneously worked as Executive Producer. Between 1993 and 2002 he produced eighty-seven prime-time 100 minute TV movies and mini-series for Lux Vide Spa both in Italy and abroad, in co-production withRAI,Mediasetand other international partners such asTF1,France 2,Kirchmedia,RTP,andSat.1. Among the many films and television series produced there were alsoDon Matteo1, 2 and 3, the first Italian series ever produced with a resolved ending for each episode lasting 50 minutes, for which he was also the Series' Creator.

In 2006, he co-founded, withMaurizio Momi,Albatross EntertainmentS.p.A., a company specialized in the production of TV Dramas, for which he guides the artistic and strategic development, and has produced over eighty 100 minutes prime time TV programs, including mini-series and TV series, as well as a feature film. Among the company's regular customers areRAIandMediaset,the two major Italian broadcasters. He has defined and implemented a strategy that allows Albatross to develop its projects in-house, participating in the financing and consequently retaining ownership over most of the rights and formats, thus confirming Albatross as Independent Producer. The productions by Alessandro Jacchia have received acclaim from both the public and critics along with awards in some of the most prestigious international television festivals, including the FIPA (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels) in Biarritz, theMonte-Carlo Television Festival,[2]Banff World Media Festivalin Canada, theShanghai International Film Festival,theRoma Fiction Festival.

He is the author of film stories, screenplays for film and TV Dramas, also made by other producers, such as "Mollo Tutto," "Lourdes", and the format creator of TV series as "Don Matteo"and"The Restorer".

From 2001 to 2007 he was Professor atUniversity of Urbino,where he taught "Economics and Organization of Performing Arts" at the Faculty of Sociology, Communications Studies. Currently, he holds a yearly course entitled "What is an idea?" at Luiss (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli- University of Rome[3]and atUniversity of Rome La Sapienza.

In July 2002 he received the Award for Best European Television Producer[4]as part of the 42ndMonte-Carlo Television Festival.

Awards

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Filmography

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Albatross Productions

References

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  1. ^"Alessandro Jacchia on Movieplayer".27 April 2014.
  2. ^"Terra Ribelle in nomination al Festival della TV di Montecarlo: La soddisfazione di Jacchia e Momi dell'Albatross".4 April 2011.
  3. ^"Luiss. Master in Gestione delle produzione cinematografica e televisiva. VI edizione".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-03-07.Retrieved2014-03-13.
  4. ^"Monte-Carlo Tv Festival 2002 - Alessandro Jacchia wins for Best European Producer".IMDb.
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