Alessandro Ippolito(I)
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Alessandro Ippolito, director and television producer, is enrolled in
SIAE as an author and Italy's Order of Journalists as a publicist. He
started as a literary journalist working for the cultural department of
RTSI, Radio and Television of the Italian Swiss, as an author,
screenwriter and director. After an extensive training completed at New
York, studying the productions of "One Life to Live" (1973) and "Search
for Tomorrow" (1974), he wrote, directed and produced the first Italian
soap opera ("L'altalena") (1982) for Mondadori. He has worked with
RAI1, RAI2, RAI3, Canale 5, Italia1, Rete4, RTSI and Odeon TV. After
Nanni Loi he was the first in Italy to bring candid camera to
television ("W le donne") (1983). He wrote and directed the first
cabaret on the road ("Help - Tuttoperdenaro" (1985) with the Gatti of
Vicolo Miracoli). He was the author of a successful program on Italian
language for RAI1 ("Parola mia") (1987) . For two years he was the
writer, director and conductor of the external link-ups of Mike
Bongiorno on Canale 5 ("Telemike") !988-1990). He created, wrote,
directed and conducted "Barzellette" (1990), a program from which "La
sai l'ultima?" (1992) was created. He created, wrote and conducted the
first Italian "narrated" news program ("Fatti di cronaca vera") (1992).
He adapted, wrote, directed and conducted the first Italian reality
show ("Stranamore") (1993-1996). He is a master of candid camera
("Scherzi a parte" (1992-1996), "La stangata"(1995), "La strana coppia"
(1993) and "Italiani in vacanza") (1999) . With "Telecamere a
richiesta" (1997) he was the first to propose a prime time live candid
camera show that brought great success. He was the first to create a
docu-show ("Pianto tutto e me ne vado" (1998) of which he was the
writer, director, producer and host. He was the writer, director and
host of a very complex and grand show that shot around the world
("Italiani nel mondo") (1998). In recent years (2003-2010) he has
directed a company of international television productions. Passionate
and also experienced with the Internet since '95, he created the first
project of the Mediaset portal (Mediasetonline, and as a writer,
director and producer he developed the first two Italian web fictions
for Excite ("Girls" (2001)e "La grande sorella" 2002). As a producer he
ran a RAI TV fiction in Milan of the longest running and most complex
medical television series ever produced in Italy ("Terapia d'urgenza"
(2008-2009), 18 episodes of 90' each). He has created numerous working
groups and shaped several great Italian professionals. Alessandro
Ippolito currently "2013) continues to work as a writer and director,
but also devotes most of his time to teaching. He founded and managed
for three years a school of practical television in Milan
("Professione.TV" (2007), placing his students in direct contact with
the biggest names in Italian television. He has produced and directed
15 live streaming episodes (2012) for IED ("Broadband"). He produced a
reality show for young people ("-18" (2013). And he now
enthusiastically devotes himself to e-learning which he considers the
excellent future of education.