I found my father's Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that's really where my filmmaking began.
Gabriel CampisiI wrote several screenplays over the years to really polish my craft and learn from my mistakes.
Gabriel CampisiEvery film is a new adventure, and I always meet new cast and crew members that blow my mind.
Gabriel CampisiMy tombstone would someday read I died keeled over at my computer writing a screenplay or a business plan.
Gabriel CampisiGrowing up in the 80's, I think a lot of us saw things that were "new," an experience we don't get too much of these days. We saw things that were never done before. When Star Wars first came out, no movie before that had ever looked that way.
Gabriel CampisiMost of the people I've been fortunate enough to work with all share the same passion for creativity, for ingenuity, for playing make-believe and really just having fun. It doesn't matter if we're blowing up cars, or shooting an emotional scene in a police station, deep inside we all know our imaginations are at work, and our imaginations are manifesting into reality - at least momentarily for the cameras to capture.
Gabriel Campisi