Welcome to my Entertainment Samples
- I was a copywriter in the 1990s and loved it. Still do.
- MFA in Film & TV Production (USC 2002).
- Worked in TV and indie movies until 2008 when I pursued clinical psychology.
- After 15+ years as a therapist I published a comedy novel in April 2026.
- Humor is a part of everything I do, including exposing it in science.
- Some of my interests are also serious like the Abolition and Returning Son projects below.
Fernando Alessandri, PhD
Quitters
If at first you don't succeed consider giving up.
11 min short film from my USC days getting an MFA.
My book is out...sold!
An iconic superspy has yet to face what it's like to be forced to retire and be an unknown.
And face consequences of his previous lifestyle.
Plus 50 years of rock-n-roll music references and merciless taunting of what passes for leadership and organizational excellence these days.
Enjoy the bah-hum-bug.
Liberating Dorothy
If someone as innocent as Dorothy appeared today they'd put her in therapy.
15 min short film from my USC days getting an MFA.
The Abolitionist
The North wasn't always against slavery.
aka: ON WITH THE WIND
Sept 30, 2026
Brief segment from Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank (3 min).
Mini-Documentary
on Birthing a Mediocre Comic
Mary Magdalen's Moment of Crisis
Humor. Post Lazarus rising, might this song reflect a brief crisis when caught off guard by Jesus' death?
Stand Up on June 22, 2024.
MacWars
Made in 2002, a forgotten problem like Y2K.
My first standup Showcase 2019
San Diego, CA (Comedy Palace back then)
The Arrival
Final steps can be the hardest to take.
A 2.5 min film about yearning and uncertainty.
Commercial / Ad for a previous employer.
Till Death Do Us Part
My 16mm film at USC. Drama. Euro-style.
