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Gabriel "Gabe" Campisi's
diverse production background began early in his life. At age eight, he
found his father's silent Super-8mm film camera and shot a series of
random narratives that, although amateur, were notably a sign of things to
come. His novice productions became increasingly more elaborate over the
years, and what once began as a curiosity suddenly signaled the beginning
of a prominent career in television and motion picture production.
At the age of fifteen, he
was beating out the competition in film festivals and contests across the
country with his intricate low-budget Super-8mm film productions. The
Lost Creature and Monster Busters -- fifteen-minute shorts --
took top honors at national tournaments. Newspapers and magazines took
notice and published several feature articles on him, his sophisticated
films and young production crew.
Soon after, Gabe took his
first steps toward professional filmmaking. He began working in mainstream
movies and network television shows as a camera and lighting technician,
script supervisor/rewriter and assistant director. Having first-hand
experience of physical film editing and splicing from his Super-8mm
productions, Gabe also ventured into professional video editing (U-maticSP,
BetacamSP, D-Series Digital -- D1 Sony, D2 Ampex, D3 and 5 Matsushita)
before the onset of digital non-linear editors. (Presently, Gabe owns and
runs his own top-of-the-line digital non-linear editor that supports DV,
DVCAM, DVCPRO, HD and full-spectrum DVD).
Thanks to his filmmaking
mentors Pat and Kelly Kerby, as well as Jay Nemeth, Gabe spent many years
working the trenches and gaining experience in stunt work, pyrotechnics,
special and mechanical effects, as well as helicopter photography.
Gabe's conspicuous
creativity provided for an abundance of popularity in high school as well
as in college. For his 1986 Las Vegas High School senior assembly, he
showed his amateur Super-8mm Monster Busters film to a standing
ovation of over one-thousand students and teachers. In college, his
obsession with writing and dramatic narrative lead him to the position of
Opinion-Page Editor for the campus newspaper of the time, The Yellin'
Rebel. He was also given the position of Editor-in-Chief of the
campus's Hispanic Association newspaper, The Hispanic Breeze. Both
publications immediately recognized his writing talents, and presented him
with numerous awards.
His professional
screenwriting skills were fully realized by studying with UCLA's
critically-acclaimed Professor Richard Walter (author of the book
Screenwriting: The Art, Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing)
in 1989. His first two feature-length screenplays, When Angels Fall
and Silent Trespass, garnered him literary representation by AFH
Management /The Robb Group of Beverly Hills.
In addition to motion
picture and literary experience, Gabe learned first-hand the intricacies
of corporate matters and financing thanks to his entrepreneur father who
owned several successful corporations over the years. By combining his
love of filmmaking with his knowledge of financing, Gabe published his
first book, The Independent Filmmaker's Guide to Writing a Business
Plan for Investors in January 2004 -- already a bestseller in its
class. The book was published by the prestigious McFarland Publishing
Company of North Carolina.
Although Gabe has worked on
a multitude of movies, sitcoms, stage productions, commercials and music
videos over the years, only the projects in which he personally was
involved as either a writer, director or producer will be shown on this
website. These are Gabe's personal productions.
Gabe can be found at any
given moment working on a variety of projects through his own company, or
in collaboration with other entities. This website will try to keep you
abreast of the projects as information becomes available.
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