Salvatore Paul "Tory" Belleci (born October 30, 1970 in Monterey, California) is a filmmaker and model maker. He is best known for his work on the Discovery Channel television program MythBusters. He has also worked with Industrial Light and Magic on films such as The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. The Federation battleships and podracers are some of Tory's pieces. He attended San Francisco State University.
Tory Belleci has a long hist...
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Salvatore Paul "Tory" Belleci (born October 30, 1970 in Monterey, California) is a filmmaker and model maker. He is best known for his work on the Discovery Channel television program MythBusters. He has also worked with Industrial Light and Magic on films such as The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. The Federation battleships and podracers are some of Tory's pieces. He attended San Francisco State University.
Tory Belleci has a long history working with fire and explosives. At an early age his dad showed him how to make a Molotov cocktail. He later built what was essentially a homemade flamethrower. Things got a little out of control when he accidentally lit part of his house on fire.
Tory has been quoted saying he became interested in the special effects industry after doing a report on movie special effects while in high school. In 1994, after graduating from San Francisco State University's film school, he started working with Jamie Hyneman at a small production company....
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