Introducing the FUS Faculty: Dimitri Patrizi

ADJUNCT LECTURER OF MODERN LANGUAGES (ITALIAN)

M.Sc. Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
M.Sc. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy

Office: Kaletsch Campus, Office 4
Phone: +39 3393697881
E-mail: dpatrizi@fus.edu

Dimitri Patrizi, Italian, is a television director/writer/producer, storytelling consultant, and teacher.
After graduating from high school with a classical education, he graduated in Law, with a dissertation about the relationship between hybris and iniuria in the sources of Roman law, and then specialized in Communication Analysis and Management at the Catholic University of Milan, with a dissertation about adapting Shakespeare’s MacBeth for TV. He finally earned a master's degree in Modern Literature and Performing Arts with full marks and honors from the State University of Milan. His dissertation was about the 1953-1958 RAI television adaptations of Shakespeare's plays.

He earned the Master of Arts in Promotion and Teaching of Italian Language and Culture to Foreigners (Promoitals) from the State University of Milan, with a 200-hour internship at the University of Milan's Language Center SLAM.

He is a member of the Italian Writers’ Guild, SIAE, DOR section.

At Franklin University Switzerland he is an adjunct lecturer of Italian.

Professional Experience:

Currently, he works as a Director and Documentary Filmmaker for the Italian National Broadcasting Company, RAI.

Founded and leading the Compagnia dell’Elleboro (former “del Saramita”), focused on creating original theatrical performances based on stories and repertoires of Northern Italy’s local devotion and tradition.

Wrote and produced “I WILL”, a cultural dissemination program for children on Shakespeare's theater for the Bonsai TV WebTV.

Currently stage/TV/film actor.

Dramaturg for the Compagnia Teatrale Puntozero for shows staged by inmates of the Beccaria Juvenile Prison in Milan.

Assistant Director to Ermanno Olmi (Il Mestiere delle Armi) and Marco Bellocchio.

Former Media Projects Manager of the Chair of History of Philosophy, held by Prof. Davide Bigalli of the State University of Milan.

2024-2025 Courses

ITA 100	Introductory Italian, Part I	FALL 2024
Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Italian. ITA 100 employs immersive experiential learning pedagogy, providing an introduction to the essentials of Italian grammar, vocabulary, and culture. The acquisition of aural/oral communication skills will be stressed and, as such, the predominant language of instruction will be Italian. By the end of the course students will achieve proficiency at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students are expected to acquire the basic knowledge of the written and spoken structures. Students are expected to read and comprehend short passages in Italian and to draft simple compositions / dialogues. Project-based assignments will be designed to foster practical communication skills and encourage efforts towards increased student integration in the local Italian-speaking community. Whenever possible, students will be encouraged to participate actively in local initiatives, festivals, events and to apply the skills they are mastering in class to their co-curricular learning on and off campus

Areas of Research:

His research focuses on TV journalism and documentary filmmaking.