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Tory Belleci: Biography

Tory first walked into Jamie Hyneman's workshop in 1994 as a fresh-faced young film student from San Francisco State University looking to start a career in movie special effects. Jamie quickly put him to work buying lunch, sweeping the shop floor and running errands. But a determined Tory quickly learned all he could and moved up the ranks. Three years later he landed a job with George Lucas' special-effects division, Industrial Light and Magic; one of his biggest projects there was building models for the most recent Star Wars trilogy. Tory's other special-effects work can be seen in the Matrix trilogy, Van Helsing, Peter Pan, Starship Troopers, Galaxy Quest and Bicentennial Man. When he's not busting myths, Tory's busy dreaming up his own ideas for films and TV shows. Tory was born and bred in Monterey, Calif., right near the famous Pebble Beach golf course. He once shot a blistering 15 over par round of 87 there ... then decided special effects was more his game.

Tory's career on MythBusters started when he walked into Jamie's shop. He wanted to start a career doing movie special effects.(edit)
Tory is single(edit)
Tory is proud of his Italian heritage(edit)
In the Mega Movie Myth Special on MythBusters, Tory got to fall through three awnings to try and disprove a myth.(edit)
Tory has lied about his age in the past(edit)
Tory appeared in the Star Wars mockumentary R2-D2: Beneath the Dome with colleague Grant Imahara.(edit)
Tory began doing work on MythBusters in 2003 doing behind the scenes work and in the second season was featured as part of the show's build team and got on-screen credit in the show's third season.(edit)
In 2005, Tory convinced former colleague Grant Imahara to join MythBusters.(edit)
Tory has made his own film, Sand Trooper.(edit)
Tory worked at Industrial Light & Magic for 8 years as a model builder, sculptor, and painter.(edit)
Tory is best known for his work on MythBusters.(edit)
One of Tory's short films appeared on the Sci-Fi channel.(edit)
When he's not busting myths, Tory dreams up his own ideas for films and TV shows.(edit)
One of Tory's biggest projects was building models for the prequel Star Wars trilogy.(edit)
Three years after starting at M5 Industries, Tory found a job with George Lucas' special-effects division, Industrial Light & Magic.(edit)
Tory's first job for Jamie was to sweep the shop floor, buy lunches, and run various errands.(edit)
Tory first walked into M5 Industries as a fresh-faced young film student from San Francisco State University in 1994.(edit)
Tory's trademark is his Snake Dance.(edit)
Tory directed a short film, "Sand Trooper", that was entered into the Slamdance Film Festival in 2000.(edit)
Tory always loved building models as a kid.(edit)
Tory is 5'11.5".(edit)
Tory has worked on special effects in Van Helsing, Terminator 3, Star Wars I & II, Peter Pan, The Matrix Reloaded, Monkeybone, Galaxy Quest, and Starship Troopers.(edit)
Tory is an accomphished Mime artist.(edit)
Started working for Jamie Hyneman's company, M5 Industries Inc. in 1994.(edit)