Meet the Mythbusters: Tory Belleci

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.

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