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Federation Studios, the Paris-based indie production and distribution outfit behind cult series The Bureau and Around the World in 80 days,has teamed up with prominent Italian producer Alessandro Usai to create NO NAME ENTERTAINMENT, a newly formed joint venture.
Joining from his previous company Colorado Film Production, which he led as CEO for 15 years, Alessandro Usai will lead NO NAME ENTERTAIMENT as CEO.
Alessandro Usai will be joined by his long-time collaborator Pier Paolo Luciani, formerly COO of Colorado Film and before that, Head of Local Production at Warner Bros. Italy, as COO and partner of NO NAME ENTERTAINMENT.
NO NAME ENTERTAINMENT will focus on the production of feature films for theatrical release and streaming as well as scripted TV series for traditional broadcasters and platforms. The focus will be on films and series that combine quality while reaching for a wide audience, just as in the DNA of Federation Studios’ productions and the successes that have made Alessandro Usai known in the industry (the blockbuster comedy La Peggior Settimana della Mia Vita; the Me Contro Te franchise; the theatrical saga Ten Days Without Mom; the Netflix action film My Name is Vendetta; YA film The Tearsmith; Donato Carrisi’s hit The Girl in the Fog, to name a few).
Since November 2024, Alessandro Usai has also served as President of Anica (Italy’s most important industry association in the audiovisual sector, representing film and TV producers, theatrical distributors, production service companies and streamers).
Alessandro Usai, CEO of No Name Entertainement: “After my rewarding years in the industry, I’m excited to start my own adventure together with my partner Pier Paolo and with Federation Studios. The opportunity to team up with professionals like Pascal Breton, Lionel Uzan and Marco Chimenz, whom I have admired for years, is going to be incredibly stimulating. I’m looking forward to starting our new projects and also to seizing the opportunities that such an international and diversified group of sister companies can offer to a start-up like ours”.
Marco Chimenz, Group Co-General Manager of Federation Studios: ‘’We are thrilled to be partnering with Alessandro and Pier Paolo. They are two of Italy’s most consistently successful producers, blessed with extraordinary commercial instincts and business savvy, and their new company will be an ideal complement to our ever-expanding roster of production labels’’.
NO NAME is the second outfit of Federation Studios in Italy, following Nicola and Marco de Angelis’s FABULA PICTURES (Baby, Zero, Brigands…) which joined the Federation galaxy in 2018.
About Alessandro Usai:
Before forming No Name Entertainment in association with Federation Studios, Alessandro Usai was CEO of the Colorado Film Group.
Before that, from September 2006 to October 2009, he served as CEO of distribution company Mikado Film (De Agostini Communications Group) and Dolmen (Mikado Film’s subsidiary in the home video sector) and he was President of the exhibition chain Circuito Cinema between 2008 and 2009.
He was General Manager of Cinecittà Holding between 2003 and 2006.
From 2001 to 2004 he worked on the drafting of Legislative Decree 28/2004, the so-called “Urbani Decree,” which reformed public intervention in the film sector, as a consultant to the Minister of Culture.
He graduated in Business Administration from the Bocconi University of Milan in 1994 and received a PhD in Business Management from the University of Bologna in 2000.
From 1995 to 2003, he was Professor and Researcher at the Bocconi University of Milan. He has published books and academic articles on the subject of media and the film industry.
About Federation Studios:
Run by founder Pascal Breton and co-led by Lionel Uzan and Marco Chimenz, Federation Studios heralds a new breed of independent European studios, focusing on the creation, production,
financing and distribution of high-quality original productions for the global marketplace. Federation Studios works with the best worldwide talents and partners on the scene today to create a strong distribution portfolio as well as an array of premium international productions.
Ten years after its creation, the group federates 35 production companies located in Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Madrid, London, Berlin, Cologne and Tel-Aviv.
Active in the drama, kids & family, documentary and cinema space, Federation co-finances projects in the early stages and accompanies partners in their specific production needs throughout the entire creative process. The strong distribution arm of the company has been building up a rich lineup, mixing in-house and third-party premium content. Its portfolio includes major award-winning and international successes such as The Bureau, In Treatment, Around the World in 80 Days, Find me in Paris, Bardot…
