He met the producer
Emanuel AG as his postgraduate student then, along the academic year of 1997-98 in Rome, Italy during the Master in Audiovisual Management (EMAM) promoted locally by ANICA - Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive Multimediali and financed by the European Commission's MEDIA Program.
Fernando Ghia became one of the most inspirations of
Emanuel AG for his producer career, as well for other filmmakers he also befriended.