Luca Poncellini
Design and Applied Arts Department Head
Design and Applied Arts Department Head
Luca Poncellini
<p>Luca Poncellini is an architect and a designer with a PhD in the History of Architecture and City Planning. As a partner in the architecture office Cliostraat until 2009, he has curated projects and has lectured in Italy and in several countries throughout the world. His works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, at the Van Alen Institute in New York, at ETH in Zürich, at MAGA in Gallarate and at Triennale Milano. In 2008 he co-curated the retrospective exhibition Laszlo Hudec, in collaboration with the Hungarian Consulate in Shanghai. Since 2013 he has been the Course Leader of the MA in Interior Design. Between 2015 and 2019 directed the research lab and the project C-Park. Since 2019 he has been Design and Applied Arts Department Head.</p>
Vincenzo Cuccia
Media Design and New Technologies Area Leader
Media Design and New Technologies Area Leader
Vincenzo Cuccia
<p>Vincenzo Cuccia has a degree in Cultural Heritage from Università Statale di Milano and in Editing from the Milan Scuola Civica di Cinema e Nuovi Media. As part of his previous professional experience, he worked as an editor in advertising and television, where he collaborated with the RAI (Milan tv broadcast production area) on entertainment, culture and information channels. After working in the SAE Institute since 2009 as lecturer and then Academic Coordinator and Manager of the activity of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the Creative Media campuses of Milan, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid, Paris and Stockholm, since 2017 he has been BA in Media Design and Multimedia Arts Course Leader while from 2021 he is Media Design and New Technologies Area Leader.</p>
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Andrea Maggiolo
BA in Creative Technologies Course Leader
BA in Creative Technologies Course Leader
Andrea Maggiolo
<p>VFX coordinator with 10+ years of experience in compositing, motion graphic design, and colour grading. Always aware of new technological developments in the audio-visual industry, he keeps updating and training, both as a DaVinci Resolve certified trainer or experimenting with Unreal and Houdini. Since 2015 he has engaged in the academic world, with experience as programme coordinator and lecturer, with teaching experiences both in Milan and Brussels. In 2022 he started to collaborate with NABA, first as lecturer and afterwards as course advisor leader. He has a passion for VFX and science fiction, as well as documentary and social commentary. Computer enthusiast, video addict, gamer, eager book reader, comics fan, art lover, hiker, photographer, storyteller.</p>
Marianna Schivardi
Course Leader, Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Animation, Milan
Course Leader, Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Animation, Milan
Marianna Schivardi
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<p class="s3"><span class="s2">Marianna Schivardi is a director, writer, and direction lecturer. She has worked as a writer for MTV, LA7, and Sky Classica. As a NABA lecturer</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">she has curated the creative supervision of students’ short films that have been awarded at prestigious industry events such as the Settimana </span><span class="s2">Internazionale</span> <span class="s2">della</span> <span class="s2">Critica</span><span class="s2">(SIC) of the Venice International Film Festival, the Rome Film Fest, the Torino Film Festival, and the Filmmaker Festival in Milan. Among her works selected at festivals are “Il Grande </span><span class="s2">Fardello</span><span class="s2">”, “69 Bites”, “</span><span class="s2">Balkanica</span><span class="s2">” and “ANTIPO” which span from television parody to historical and cultural reflection, passing through the language of music documentaries and visual art.</span></p>
Fabio Capalbo
Bachelor of Arts in Film and Animation Course Leader - Rome
Bachelor of Arts in Film and Animation Course Leader - Rome
Fabio Capalbo
<p>He is an Italian filmmaker. In the last 15 years he has directed several music videos for famous artists such as Francesco Gabbani, Baustelle, Verdena, Planet Funk, Vinicio Capossela. He has also worked as film-editor of dozens of international film documentaries, including "Megunica” about the famous street-artist BLU, “Zanetti Story” about the Inter captain Javier Zanetti, and the award-winning “Bad Weather”.</p>
Michele Aquila
Master of Arts in Digital and Live Performance and in Creative Media Production Course Leader
Master of Arts in Digital and Live Performance and in Creative Media Production Course Leader
Michele Aquila
<p>After graduating in Architecture at the University of Florence, Michele Aquila becomes partner and project leader of Interaction Design Lab Srl, where he coordinates service and interaction design projects for clients in the public and private sector. From 2009 to 2010 he began his collaboration with NABA first as coordinator of the BA in Design and then as a lecturer. In 2011 he founded U10, a studio specializing in online publishing and new media. He later co-founded Tweetbook, an award-winning online service for publishing ebooks based on Twitter conversations. He has taught and held workshops in Italian and international institutions (Royal College of Arts, VCUarts Qatar, Kent State University Florence, Abadir) and was responsible for the programme of the Master in Interaction Design and of the Master in Service Design of Domus Academy from 2016 to 2022.</p>
Francesca Staasch
Academic Master in Screenwriting for Series Course Leader and BA in Film and Animation Leader - Rome
Academic Master in Screenwriting for Series Course Leader and BA in Film and Animation Leader - Rome
Francesca Staasch
<p>Director and screenwriter, she graduated from the London Film School in 1997. She studied with director A. Kiarostami and script theorists R. McKee and K. Dancyger. Resident artist at the Cité Des Arts in Paris in 2001, after having made several short films, including “Monochrome”, in 2012 she directed her debut film “Happy Days Motel” produced by Rai Cinema. She has been a consultant for Rai and BBC and directed 12 episodes of the web series “The Zedef Chronicles”. Future projects include the two feature films "Tina" with the production company Rosamont and "Libera Fuori", produced by Thinkfull, and the comedy series "Stai Su!" with Lynn/Greenland, in addition to numerous collaborations with prominent screenwriters. She currently is BA in Film and Animation Advisor Leader at the NABA Campus in Rome.</p>
Marco Secchi
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Technologies - Game Specialisation Subject Leader
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Technologies - Game Specialisation Subject Leader
Marco Secchi
<p class="s3"><span class="s2">Marco Secchi is a freelance game developer who graduated in Computer Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He is currently lecturer of the BA in Creative Technologies and of the MA in Creative Media Production. He also mentors BA students in their final thesis project. In his spare time, he reads (a lot), plays (a little</span><span class="s2">)</span><span class="s2"> and tries to practice </span><span class="s2">Crossfit</span><span class="s2">.</span></p>
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Valentina Kastlunger
Subject Leader MA in Digital and Live Performance, Milan
Subject Leader MA in Digital and Live Performance, Milan
Valentina Kastlunger
<p>Valentina Kastlunger is a graduate of the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Arts and holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Bologna.<br />She has worked as an independent theatre director and has co-founded the Milan-based company A.I.D.A. and the Bolzano-based association ErehwoN. She has also translated essays and theatre texts from German into Italian.<br />In 2011, she founded the ZONA K organisation and theatre space, for which she is artistic director. Since February 2019, ZONA K has led the Cosortium managing the Casa degli Artistiartistic residence in Milan.<br />In 2022, she returned to directing with the large-scale participatory theatre project “Ujöp”, produced by the Val Badia Youth Service (South Tyrol). She also has been teaching at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore since 2023.</p>