People
Luca Oddo
CEO-Executive Producer Casta Diva Pictures Milan
l.oddo@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 348 2639055
Started in the advertising business at Ogilvy & Mather in Milan first as copywriter, later as producer. Five years in agency, fifteen in production company before establishing Casta Diva Pictures. Vast experience with international clients and film directors from all over the world. Since 2005 he's partner to Andrea De Micheli in Casta Diva Pictures. Luca and Andrea are the authors of the book La fabbrica degli spot , published in 2007 by editor Fausto Lupetti.
Andrea De Micheli
Chairman-Executive Producer Casta Diva Pictures Milan
a.demicheli@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 329 6713562
One thousand spots produced for one hundred major brands in thirty countries. His teachers have been Oscar-winners Martin Scorsese, Dante Ferretti, Nestor Alemandros, Peppuccio Tornatore, Stu Hagmann and many others, among whom, Jean Jacques Beneix, Dario Argento, John Landis, and the numerous agency creatives who have put their trust in him. He created two corporate web tv networks, for Enel and Intesa. He has an EAVE master degree in cinema and one in multimedia. Today he is partner to Luca Oddo in Casta Diva Pictures. With him he wrote the book La fabbrica degli spot , published in 2007 by editor Fausto Lupetti.
Fabio Nesi
Executive Producer Casta Diva Pictures Milan
f.nesi@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 347 5881267
Right after his degree at the G.I.A. in New York City, Fabio started working in the diamond international business. After a stint as a wholesale dealer for different countries, he moved on to open his own society in Milan, Italy. But clearly his passion for cinema at some point became too strong; in 1998 he left the gems business and started collaborating with a production company, assistant to begin with, junior producer, finally partner. He shot many commercials all around the world for a good deal of international clients, working a lot on the far east market. He joined Casta Diva Pictures in 2006.
Tom Henderson
Casta Diva Pictures London
t.henderson@castadivapictures.com
mobile +44 (0)779 8693388
Nick Hancock
Casta Diva Pictures London
n.hankok@castadivapictures.com
mobile +44 (0)783 3940474
Alex Honor
Casta Diva Pictures London
a.honor@castadivapictures.com
mobile +44 (0)791 9946553
Tomas David
Partner Casta Diva Pictures Prague
t.david@castadivaprague.com
+420 724 666 638
Central European producer Tomas has over 12 years experience in advertising, working in both the local and international markets. Beyond his production skills he holds extensive agency backgrounds and now heads our Central European production team and as well as being in charge of new business development.
David Propper
Executive Producer Casta Diva Pictures Prague
d.propper@castadivapictures.com
mobile +420 603 569 148
David Propper is a very experienced international producer based in Prague in the Czech Republic. David has worked for 12 years in film and television production, shooting with many top international directors, including Tim Burton, Janusz Kaminski and Joe Pytka to name a few... In 2008 David joined the Casta Diva Pictures Prague office in partnership with Luca Oddo and Andrea De Micheli.
Filip Havlik
Production Manager Casta Diva Pictures Prague
f.havlik@castadivapictures.com
mobile +420 775 153 656
Before embarking on his production career in 2004, Filip spent 6 years running a very successful company organising all the top snowboarding events in the Czech Republic. Since deciding to channel all his energy into film and television production Filip has had the chance to work on many productions, both international and local. In 2008 Filip joined the Casta Diva Pictures Prague operation.
Jaime Teoh
Casta Diva Pictures Kuala Lumpur
j.teoh@castadivapictures.com
+6013 366 3876
Sebastian Torrella
General Manger Casta Diva Pictures Buenos Aires
s.torrella@castadivapictures.com
+54 11 4772 5690 / Mobile +54 911 6201 4070
At the beginng of 1997 he started his professional work in the feature film the secret of the andes, produced by raul outeda. In the same year he worked as transport manager in the film Un corazon iluminado. At the end of that year, he started to work freelance in advertising for most of the biggest companies. In 1999 he worked in the film La edad del sol, produced by Atomic Films and Raul Outeda. From 2000 until 2002 Sebastián worked as production manager at Flehner Films. in 2002 he worked as location manager and produced by Miryad Pictures, multivideo and Trebejos Films. He then retook his freelance activity as production manager and line producer in advertising until november 2003. In december 2003 he began working at Argentinacine as line producer ultil he accepted the challenge of becoming executive producer of its international department, quoting over 1000 projects and shooting over 120 campaigns until febraury 2008. In April 2008 Sebastián has launched Onyx.la with great success. He met Andrea De Micheli and Luca oddo during the 2008 Cannes Lions Festival, where they delivered the beginning of Casta Diva Buenos Aires.
Lorena Habichayn
Producer Casta Diva Buenos Aires
l.habichayn@castadivapictures.com
+54 11 4772 5690 / Mobile +54 9 11 6207 2502
She graduated at the National University of Entre Ríos and got her degree in Social Communication in 2000. Three years before that, she also got a degree in English teaching. She started her professional career in 2002 working as a free lance production assistant in advertising for different companies. In 2005 she started working as a production manager and in 2007 she began working in Argentinacine as a line producer for the international department. In April 2008, she accepted the challenge of becoming the producer of Onyx.la. Later that year, she also became part of the Casta Diva team in Buenos Aires.
Carolina Legovich
Producer Coordinator
c.legovich@castadivapictures.com
+54 11 4772 5690 / Mobile +54 911 6207 2701
Carolina graduated from the University of Buenos Aires as a Image and Sound Designer. As she finished her studies, she started her professional career working at the production department of a satellite TV channel. In 2004, she began to work as a freelance in publicity as production assistant. In 2006 she was invited by Sebastian Torrella to be part of the staff of Argentinacine as production assistant for the international department. After 2 years in this position she accept the new challenge of being part of the team Onyx.la as production coordinator. In 2008 Carolina joined Casta Diva Pictures, Buenos Aires.
Ed Rivero
Partner Casta Diva Pictures Los Angeles
e.rivero@castadivapictures.com
+1 310 9200313
With roots in the commercial production world of New York and Miami that stretch back nearly two decades, Ed Rivero is a veteran of the multicultural advertising industry. Rivero got his start in the thriving East Coast film industry of the 1980’s and parlayed that experience into founding one of Miami’s most successful production companies, South Beach Productions. In 1998 he helped kick-start Argentina’s nascent film industry by producing An Argentine in New York, still one of the country’s highest-grossing films of all time. Rivero has crossed the globe several times over, working in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America as a line producer on a number of award-winning international productions. He represented Quentin Tarantino’s production company, A Band Apart, in Latin America and most recently spent several years working for Ridley Scott & Associates, the commercial production company created by directors Ridley and Tony Scott. There, he served as executive producer of La División, the Latin division of RSA. Rivero’s experience in multicultural markets means he has worked with some of the biggest names in the advertising industry, including AT&T, CitiBank, Continental Airlines, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Verizon and other well-known brands.
Letizia Pepori
Executive Producer Casta Diva Pictures Milan
l.pepori@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 393 9790172
Letizia's career started at Ricordi running the international department. This was followed by a lengthy spell with portrait photographer Guido Harari, with whom she produced features for Peter Gabriel, Gianni Agnelli, Lindsay Kemp, Pino Daniele, Marcello Mastroianni, Carlos Santana, Fabrizio De Andre'. In 1998 she began producing music videos for Battiato, Jovanotti, Mannoia, Renga, Cocciante, Consoli and many other Italian music industry stars as well as working on commercials. Today Letizia produces for Casta Diva Pictures.
Samanta Lategola
Postproduction Manager Casta Diva Pictures Milan
s.lategola@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 393 9904807
Eleven years in production in Italy and abroad, Samantha has developed a unique expertise in the formulation of contracts with Italian and international celebrities. She also accumulated considerable experience in post-production, guaranteeing continuity on the numerous projects that require follow-through years after initial shooting. Today at Casta Diva Pictures Samantha handles contracts and the whole post-production process at Casta Diva Pictures.
Giacomo Pandolfini
Assistant Producer Casta Diva Pictures Milan
g.pandolfini@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 348 7995558
Giacomo was born in Rome, where he achieved a BA in Communication Management. After a six months stint by the University of Sydney (Australia) he moved forward with his education, completing a Master in Marketing. In 2007 he moved to Milan, where he joined Casta Diva Pictures as Assistant Producer.
Matteo Sartori
PR and Marketing Manager Casta Diva Pictures Milan
m.sartori@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 348 0131019
Raised by the Lake of Como, Matteo is a committed reader, a music devotee and the author of the coming of age novel Il magro Rio e la minoranza silenziosa, published by Frassinelli. He holds a B.D. in Political Sciences from State University of Milan. After his graduation Matteo spent an intense year in New York City, where a few creative rushes were mixed to a hard work stint as a waiter in the East Village. Since his return to Europe he has been working in the film industry as screenplay copyreader, distributor and sales manager in the home video trade. At la Biennale di Venezia he's been central in assembling the Venice Film Festival 2005 and 2006 main catalogue. He joined the Casta Diva Pictures outfit in January 2007, with PRs and marketing duties.
Beatrice Gozzi
Account Manager Casta Diva Pictures Milan
b.gozzi@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 02 3450817
Certified accountant. Since 1991 Beatrice has been working in companies belonging to the advertising, cinema and events business. In 2005 she joined the Casta Diva Pictures outfit, where she is in charge of the administrative department.
Daniela Montagano
Accountancy Casta Diva Pictures Milan
d.montagano@castadivapictures.com
+39 02 3450817 / mobile +39 02 3450817
Daniela is accountant analyst. Throughout her professional history, she has developed a ten years experience in several commercial branches and into account revisor groups of international relevance. She joined the administrative department of Casta Diva Pictures in June 2007.