We were lucky to catch up with Alessandro Folchitto recently and have shared our conversation below.
Alessandro, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
Passing the Special forces training and leading my soldiers in the field , taught me to never give up , for yourself and for the people that believe in you
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
Good morning, My Usa story start like a trueAmerican dream .When I was in the Italian special forces and deployed to Afganistan , thanks to some connections I met Bobby Vasquez , a former USA green beret.
Mr Vasquez at that time was the President of the Local 479 Movie studio mechanics ( the biggest union for movie crew in USA ), And the owner of the East Cost Film, a company that provides special effects for movies.
He sponsored me with an H1 visa and I came to work in Usa as a special effect expert
I worked with him for 2 years on 7 movies ,while more and more people asked me to work for other company due to my Special forces background and the multiple applications of my skills in the movie business.
Then my career skyrocketed.
Thanks to the unique combination of my special forces background and my special effect expertise and behind the camera work ,and living in an exploding movie market like Atlanta,
Multi million dollars movie productions started to hire me as a technical/military advisor and I was able to contribute with my knowledge to the success of movies that made hundreds of million of dollar in Usa market and worldwide.
Then the stunt world came in to place , because of Al a huge need of stunt performers with real tactical background and so i was hired to work in more than 130 productions.
At that moment I was a part of a huge mechanism that was bringing in the state of Georgia almost 8 billion dollars a year.
Then another step into my career is when directors and producers started putting me more in front of the camera because of my tactical skill and my Italian accent…. and so my acting career took off with multiple role in Movies like Insurgent , the hunger games, MacGiver, Red notice, just to mention a few
I am now casted with a major role in a movie that will be aired next year.
As we speak l, a tv series created by director/ writer Bill Hillman about a family that is fighting crimes named “The Moretti”, inspired by true event, with me as main role has finished the pilot and is ready to go green light for the seasons
You can find a short bio and my movie career in the international movies database IMDB
That is the link http://www.imdb.com/name/
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
Family Morals Resilience
And believe in yourself
Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?
My family, my parents and my grandparents, my wife, my sister and now my beautiful niece ..were and are my strength.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://action-atl.com/
- Instagram: @alessandro_folchitto
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- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandro-folchitto-35264b50
- Twitter: @Afolchitto
Image Credits
Folchitto Gianfranco
