Luca Martera
Italian born documentary filmmaker, mass-media historian and comedy writer. Luca has been working between the US and Italy since 2010, making documentaries and TV specials for all the main Italian TV networks on a variety of topics: history, show business, lifestyles and current affairs that tie the two countries. In 2018 Luca received an honorable mention in the Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum for his documentary "In The Mood in Our Own Way", that explores the history and influence that Italians and Italian Americans have had on music in the United States for the past 200 years.
IT and US A unique hub for the Italian American successful stories
What was the contribution of the Italian Americans in the fields of business ideas tied to engineering, medicine, and technology? Here are some examples from various fields: the folding sofa bed by Bernard Castro; the magnetic recording videotape by Joseph Anthony Mazzitello; the “miracle mop” by Joy Mangano; the Radio Flyer Red Wagon by Antonio Pa...