Alessandro Fontana, born in Milan in 1969, is an agricultural entrepreneur. Since 2000 he has run the IpotesiCinema group founded by Ermanno Olmi. Also a film director, he directed Il Demone di Bobbio (2002), Porta Galera (2003), Sogno di una notte di mezza estate nella Pianura Padana (2003), La Valutazione (2004), La Tosse (2005), and Il Divano (2006).