Dr. Mauro Calamandrei

Mauro Calamandrei (Father of the filmmaker) Cultural Correspondent "Il Sole 24 Ore," Milan, Italy; Ph.D. Committee on Social Thought, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago; Ph.D. Philosophy, Univ. of Florence, Italy.Dr. Calamandrei has been both a Professor of American History at the University of Florence and a Visiting Professor of Italian History at the summer program at Middlebury College.He has been the American correspondent for prestigious Italian magazines and newspapers for 40 years.During W.W.II, Calamandrei was a student and then an active member of the anti-fascist underground in Italy.He has invaluable first hand knowledge of the cultural, psychological and economic conditions in the two countries.Calamandrei provides expertise in the areas dealing with historic patterns of Italian immigration to America and economic conditions in Italy preceding, during and after W.W.II.