Italian producer (born 1960)
Alessandro Jacchia |
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Born | (1960-09-04) September 4, 1960 (age 63)
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Occupation | Producer |
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Alessandro Jacchia (Italian pronunciation:
[alesˈsandro jakˈkiːa]; 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
Alessandro Jacchia was born in
Mexico City in 1960.
He is married and has two daughters. Since 2006 he is the President and Chief Creative Officer of
Albatross Entertainment S.p.a., an audiovisual production company based in
Rome.
He graduated with a master's degree in Film Direction from the
London Film School in 1982 and in 1984 with a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from the
University of Southern California (the P. Stark Motion Picture Producing Course) in
Los Angeles.
Alessandro Jacchia began his career in
Los Angeles in 1982, developing projects and scripts as a story editor for film producer
Steve Roth at
Columbia Pictures. During the following three years he held the same position also at
Paramount Pictures and for producer
Alain Bernheim.
In 1985 he moved to
Mexico and joined
Televisa S.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 soap
Mi 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 founded
LuxVide Spa 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 with
RAI,
Mediaset and other international partners such as
TF1,
France 2,
Kirchmedia,
RTP, and
Sat.1.
Among the many films and television series produced there were also
Don Matteo 1, 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, with
Maurizio Momi,
Albatross Entertainment S.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 are
RAI and
Mediaset, 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, the
Monte-Carlo Television Festival,
[2]
Banff World Media Festival in Canada, the
Shanghai International Film Festival, the
Roma 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 at
University 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 at
University of Rome La Sapienza.
In July 2002 he received the Award for Best European Television Producer
[4] as part of the 42nd
Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
Awards
- Nomination at
Roma Fiction Fest for Best TV Drama –
Rebel land – The New World, 2013
- Nomination for Best International Producers at
Monte-Carlo Television Festival – Maurizio Momi and Alessandro Jacchia for
Rebel land, 2011
- Nomination for Best TV movie at
Shanghai Television Festival –
The scandal of the Roman Bank, 2010
- Nomination for Best TV miniseries at
Monte-Carlo Television Festival –
The scandal of the Roman Bank, 2010
- Nomination for Best TV miniseries at
Roma Fiction Fest –
The scandal of the Roman Bank, 2010
- TV Oscar (
Premio Regia Televisiva) for Best Fiction of the year -
The scandal of the Roman Bank, 2010
- Silver FIPA for Best TV Series at
Biarritz
Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels –
Maurizio Momi, Alessandro Jacchia and
Stefano Reali for
The scandal of the Roman Bank, 2010
- Selected to represent
Italy at Milan Telefilm Festival –
Good and evil, 2009
- Nomination for Best International Producers at
Monte-Carlo Television Festival – Maurizio Momi and Alessandro Jacchia for
Good and evil, 2009
- Best TV Fiction at Busto Arsizio Film Festival –
Good and evil, 2009
- Nomination for best TV Movie at San Diego Italian Film Festival (USA) –
A stolen life, 2008
- Nomination for best TV Movie at
Monte-Carlo Television Festival –
A stolen life, 2008
- Nomination for best TV Miniseries at
Monte-Carlo Television Festival –
The last flight, 2007
- Nomination at Cathay Pacific Italian Film Festival –
Ice on fire, 2006
- Best European Television Producer - 42º
Monte-Carlo Television Festival, 2002
- Best Television Producer - TV and Novelas Mexican Festival (
Premios TVyNovelas), 1990
Filmography
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Mi segunda Madre, directed by
Miguel Còrcega (1989, TV series)
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Carlo Magno, directed by
Clive Donner (1993, TV mini series)
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Una bambina di troppo, directed by
Damiano Damiani (1994, TV movie)
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Uno di noi, directed by
Fabrizio Costa ([1996, TV mini series)
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Nuda proprietà, directed by
Enrico Oldoini (1997, TV movie)
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Fatima, directed by
Fabrizio Costa (1997, TV movie)
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Lui e lei, directed by
Luciano Manuzzi (1996, TV mini series)
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Dio vede e provvede, directed by Enrico Oldoini,
Paolo Costella (1996, TV movie)
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Dio vede e provvede 2, directed by Enrico Oldoini, Paolo Costella (1997, TV series)
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Dio vede e provvede 3, directed by Enrico Oldoini, Paolo Costella (1998, TV series)
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Lui e lei 2, directed by
Luciano Manuzzi (1999, TV mini series)
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Rock Crystal [
de], directed by
Maurizio Zaccaro (1999, TV movie)
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Vola Sciusciù, directed by
Joseph Sargent (2000, TV movie)
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Don Matteo, directed by Enrico Oldoini (2000, TV series)
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Don Matteo 2, directed by
Andrea Barzini,
Leone Pompucci (2001, TV series)
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Angelo il custode, directed by
Ugo Fabrizio Giordani,
Alfredo Arciero (2001, TV series)
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La crociera, directed by Enrico Oldoini (2001, TV mini series)
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La Sindone, directed by
Ludovico Gasparini (2001, TV movie)
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Crociati, directed by
Dominique Othenin-Girard (2001, TV movie)
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Don Matteo 3, directed by Enrico Oldoini,
Andrea Barzini,
Leone Pompucci (2002, TV series)
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Il bambino di Betlemme, directed by
Umberto Marino (2002, TV movie)
Albatross Productions
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The wrong man, directed by
Stefano Reali (2005, TV mini series)
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The man who dreamt with eagles, directed by
Vittorio Sindoni (2006, TV mini series)
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Ice on fire, directed by
Umberto Marino (2006, movie)
- Love and war, directed by
Giacomo Campiotti (2007, TV mini series)
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The last flight, directed by Umberto Marino (2007, TV mini series)
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The third truth, directed by
Stefano Reali (2007, TV mini series)
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The stolen life, directed by
Graziano Diana (2008, TV movie)
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Good and evil, directed by
Giorgio Serafini,
Dario Acocella (2009, TV series)
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The man who rode in the dark, directed by
Salvatore Basile (2008, TV mini series)
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Island's secrets, directed by
Ricky Tognazzi (2009, TV series)
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The scandal of Roman Bank, directed by Stefano Reali (2009, TV mini series)
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Rebel Land, directed by
Cinzia TH Torrini (2010, TV series)
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Destiny's shadow, directed by
Pier Belloni (2011, TV series)
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The restorer, directed by
Giorgio Capitani, [Salvatore Basile (2012, TV series)
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Rebel Land - The New World, directed by
Ambrogio Lo Giudice (2012, TV series)
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The broken years, directed by
Graziano Diana (2014, TV series)
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The restorer 2, directed by
Enrico Oldoini (2014, TV series)
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