Francesco Carignani is an expert in cultural politics. He has a degree in Communication Sciences and in Management of Cultural Heritage. PhD. in Management with a focus on cultural management. He has collaborated with documentary director Carlo Alberto Pinelli and worked on film and commercial sets. He has lived in Los Angeles, where he studied at University of Southern California and worked in an international production company. He is the author of Lamont Young's Dream, the documentary on the brilliant English architect who lived between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.