Gabriel Campisi was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He has dealt in the world of finance, investment assets and commercial holdings for more than 20 years. Working simultaneously in motion picture and television production, he received numerous awards for his works as an independent writer, director and producer. He has written for industry publications and genre magazines, including Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Fangoria Magazine. He is the author of bestselling The Independent Filmmaker's Guide to Writing a Business Plan for Investors, which he wrote to pass on his knowledge and experience in motion picture financing for over 10 years. His book contains interviews with independent as well as high-profile filmmakers, including Oscar-winner Gerald R. Molen (producer of such notable hits as Jurassic Park, Minority Report, Twister, Casper, The Flintstones, Hook and Schindler's List). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Allen Gentry
Worked as uncredited crowd-control production-assistant in Rocky IV and Over the Top with Sylvester Stallone. In Rocky IV, when Iven Drago (Dolph Lungren) says, "If he dies, he dies," of Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), you can clearly see a very young 16-year old Gabriel Campisi sticking his head over Lungren's shoulder. "They were doing pickup shots, and most of the audience extras had left after a very long day," says Campisi. "They called some of us production assistants to fill in the gap behind Dolph. At 5' 5", I had to literally stand on my tip-toes to peek over his shoulders." Attended UNLV where he wrote for the campus newspaper (then called "The Yellin' Rebel") for three years. Two of those years he was editor of the Opinion/Editorial Section. It was his job to get people thinking and sending in "Letters to the Editor," so he purposefully wrote controversial editorials. His strategy worked. Not only did the Letters to the Editor spike, he also received over a dozen death threats during his tenure. Appears on the cover of the book Making Movies On Your Own, written by Kevin J. Lindenmuth. Won his first filmmaking award from Chicago's Photographic Society of America - Motion Picture Division - Teenage Film Festival at the age of 15. Began making Super-8mm films at 8, after finding his father's camera, which he used for his work as a private investigator. Appears as himself in the docu-drama Wishing For A Dream, which he also produced. Attended and graduated from Las Vegas High School in Downtown Las Vegas, a designated historical landmark, before it was converted to a performing arts magnet school. Was on the board of directors of a billion-dollar hedge fund that specialized in international film financing, until it dissolved in 2008 due to effects from the housing market collapse of 2007. Is a computer programmer and systems engineer, having held multiple certifications over the years, including ones from Microsoft, Cisco and Novell.
Rocky Balboa accompanies his friend Apollo Creed to the ring in a boxing match against a Russian Boxer named Ivan Drago. Drago is too strong for Creed, and unfortunately kills him in his match. Balboa blames himself for Creed's death and is determined to defeat Drago in a boxing match. He gains the help of Creed's former manager, Duke and travels to U.S.S.R. to take on Drago.
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