Alessandro Ago, B.A., M.A.

Ago has a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts' department of Critical Studies. In addition to coordinating special events, guest speakers, film festivals and movie screenings, Ago taught two undergraduate courses for the SCA Summer Program, "Transnational Nightmares" and "Filmmaking Italian Style", production/critical studies hybrids that fused history and theory with hands-on production assignments. Ago lectures frequently about Italian cinema at the Italian Cultural Institute in Westwood, CA, and has given lectures on Italian "spaghetti" westerns and horror films at institutions across the United States. Additionally, Ago co-produced the 2006 & 2007 editions of "Los Angeles, Italia: The Film, Fashion and Art Fest" at Mann's Chinese 6-plex and Hollywood & Highland Complex, as well as the 2006 "Capri, Hollywood" film festival in Capri, Italy. Both an Italian and American citizen, Ago remains very active within the Italian community in Los Angeles.