Myth
Busters
Tory
Belleci started working for Jamie Hyneman in 1994 after
graduating from San Francisco State University. Tory began working as
a stage manager before moving up the ranks.
In a few years time Tory started work at Industrial Light and Magic
building models for films including "The Phantom Menace" and
"Attack of the Clones". His models include the podracers and
Federation battleships. Tory worked for ILM for eight years as a model
builder, sculptor, and painter. Other movies that you can see his work
in include Starship Troopers, Galaxy Quest, T3, The Matrix 2 & 3
and Van
Helsing.
Tory also has written and directed his own short films including the
1999 short "Sand Trooper" which played at the Slamdance Film
Fesitval and also aired on the Amercian cable television channel, Sci-Fi.
Tory began work on Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters" in 2003
doing work behind the scenes and in the second season was featured as
part of the show's build team and got on screen credit in the shows
third season.