Alessandro Jacchia (; born 5 September 1960) is an Italian producer. 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.