Modio Media, LLC is an award-winning media production company founded in 2006. With 25 years of combined experience on two continents, writer/producer/director Gia Amella and Beppe Mangione offer a full range of production services drawing from their global network in the areas of program development, video and audio production, DVD authoring, non-linear editing, and sound design. Their work has been seen on PBS, including affiliates WTTW11-Chicago, KQED9-San Francisco and WLIW21-New York, A&E, HGTV, Fox Family Network, The History Channel, NBC5-Chicago, The Weather Channel, National Geographic International, RAI Television and The Learning Channel.

Amella has contributed to marketing campaigns for Logitech, Saatchi & Saatchi, AllSteel, Siebel Systems, State of California, Williams-Sonoma and the Department of Transportation. A former Fulbright Fellow to Italy, Amella served as a lecturer in the Broadcast and Electronic Communications Department at San Francisco State University and at the Bay Area Video Coalition, the nation’s largest media arts training center. An occasional instructor and live-electronics performer, Mangione’s work has been showcased in prestigious galleries and international dance and music festivals throughout Europe.

Amella and Mangione most recently collaborated on a one-hour episode of Escaped!, a new true-story series premiering on Investigation Discovery in Spring 2009.

The latest online trend that's here to stay merging the visual seductiveness of television with the user-driven technology and global reach of the Internet. Combining commercial edginess with high-concept storytelling, Modio Media creates customized, information-rich video content for client websites that creatively showcases their products and services while effectively increasing their online brand presence. Sleek. Innovative. Entertaining. Sharpen your competitive edge and get ready to share your message with the world.

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And They Came To Chicago: The Italian American Legacy

An unprecedented documentary tracing 150 years of the Italian American experience in Chicago premiered on WTTW11 and NBC5 in 2007 with repeat broadcasts scheduled on WTTW11 through 2010. Narrated by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna.

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Modio Media, LLC

300 N State St. Suite 4210
Chicago IL 60654 - USA
tel. 312 239 8577

Via Poggio Bracciolini, 55
52025 Montevarchi (AR) - Italy
tel. +39 055 5271180

Spring 2008 -- Modio Media took top honors at the 29th annual Telly Awards, winning five Silver Tellys in multiple categories for And They Came To Chicago: The Italian American Legacy.
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Fall 2008 -- And They Came To Chicago was nominated for a Regional Emmy Award by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences/Midwest Chapter