Nicola M. Gentili

Nicola M. Gentili graduated in Jurisprudence from "La Sapienza" University of Rome in 1985. As a lawyer, he worked for an International Law Firm in Rome specializing himself in all matters of Italian Civil Law. At the same time, he worked regularly as a film critic for several Italian Cinema publications. Arriving to the United States in February 1992, he was appointed adjunct professor in Italian at Temple University and Drexel University. Since January 1994, he has been a Lecturer in Italian for the University of Pennsylvania where he established Business Italian courses. He is currently the Associate Director of the Cinema Studies Program and the Director of the Penn-in-Cannes summer program in France. He joined Harrison College House in 2007 as a Senior Fellow.