ENZO SISTI

Sisti's local know-how has been earned through stints as both co-producer and fiscal representative on some of the biggest international productions to hit Italy, where he has been active in the film business since 1970. Italian co-producer credits include the upcoming Walt Disney film When In Rome and Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. Sisti executive-produced Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ and line-produced Paramount's Mission: Impossible III. As fiscal representative for Doug Liman's Jumper, he unravelled the complexities of a three-day shoot inside Rome's ancient Colosseum. Sisti was also production auditor for Martin Scorsese's Kundun and Gangs Of New York, as well as Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr Ripley and The English Patient.

Contact: Enzosisti3@aol.com

MARCO VALERIO PUGINI AND UTE LEONHARDT, PANORAMA FILMS

This Rome-based duo operate at the heart of the city's film business. In addition to their facilities service Panorama Films, through which Pugini executive-produced Spike Lee's Miracle At St Anna, they are handling the Rome locations for Sony Pictures Entertainment's Angels And Demons, expected this June. Pugini specialises in the legal and business aspects for international productions while Leonhardt line produces (she recently wrapped New Line Cinema's UK/Italy shoot of Inkheart). Other notable projects include HBO/BBC's three-year Rome shoot and Walt Disney Pictures' The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Pugini is also president of APE, the Italian association of production service companies and line producers, and is an active voice in the development of Italy's new fiscal film incentives law.

Contact: info@panoramafilms.com, (39) 06 3751 8606

LUCIO TRENTINI

Trentini is a production manager and line producer with offices inside Cinecitta studios. His services are not limited to projects shooting in the studios or even Italy; a benefit for producers with multi-location shoots. His Italian credits include Hannibal Rising, Black Hawk Down, U-571 and The Sheltering Sky, and he has worked on many Morocco-set productions. Trentini recently completed Ridley Scott's Body Of Lies, which shot in Rabat, Morocco, and the pre-production details for the period epic Tripoli, which was set to film in Morocco, Tripoli and the US but is presently on hold.

Contact: Lucio.trentini@tiscali.it, (39) 06 722931

GUIDO CERASUOLO, MESTIERE CINEMA

Based in northern Italy, Cerasuolo is the man the Bond franchise trusts with their Italian location shoots, including Quantum Of Solace. While his steady hand has been tried and tested as line producer on Casino Royale and as co-producer for Walt Disney's Casanova (for which he had to halt traffic on the Grand Canal and handle a horse race through Venice's tiny walkways), his company Mestiere Cinema also offers a fiscal representative service and facilities. Cerasuolo's reach also extends to other regions - he was production supervisor in Sicily for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith in 2005.

Contact: www.mestierecinema.it, (39) 041 715658

LAURA FATTORI

Fattori has worked as executive and line producer on some of the most exciting projects to hit Italy in recent years. They include Gangs Of New York, Kundun and The Last Temptation Of Christ, which she cites as one of the most challenging and rewarding of her career. Fattori has also worked on Under The Tuscan Sun, The Legend Of The Pianist On The Ocean, Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown, and is set to work with Carlo Verdone later this year. Fattori has also worked in North Africa, the US and Russia.

Contact: La.fattori@tiscali.it, (39) 06 687 8025

GIOVANNI LOVATELLI

Lovatelli is the go-to guy for Hollywood projects that want an Italian contact based in the US. This is particularly helpful for those productions intending to make quick stopovers in Italy, as Lovatelli works between the two countries. His know-how at tapping the two cultural mindsets and systems has served many productions. Well-connected in his native Italy, Lovatelli's credits include Italian line producer for Fox's Jumper and Mr & Mrs Smith, and co-producer on the Cinecitta shoot of Fox's The Order in 2003.

Contact: naptimefilms@dslextreme.com, (1) 310 308-7228.