- Was on the board of directors of a billion-dollar hedge fund that specialized in international film financing, until it dissolved in 2012 due to effects from the housing market collapse of 2008.
- Worked as uncredited crowd-control production-assistant in Rocky IV and Over the Top with Sylvester Stallone. In Rocky IV, when Iven Drago (Dolph Lungren) says, "If he dies, he dies," of Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), you can clearly see a very young 16-year old Gabriel Campisi sticking his head over Lungren's shoulder. "They were doing pickup shots, and most of the audience extras had left after a very long day," says Campisi. "They called some of us production assistants to fill in the gap behind Dolph. At 5' 5", I had to literally stand on my tip-toes to peek over his shoulders."
- Attended UNLV where he wrote for the campus newspaper (then called "The Yellin' Rebel") for three years. Two of those years he was editor of the Opinion/Editorial Section. It was his job to get people thinking and sending in "Letters to the Editor," so he purposefully wrote controversial editorials. His strategy worked. Not only did the Letters to the Editor spike, he also received over a dozen death threats during his tenure.
- Appears on the cover of the book Making Movies On Your Own, written by Kevin J. Lindenmuth.
- Won his first filmmaking award from Chicago's Photographic Society of America - Motion Picture Division - Teenage Film Festival at the age of 15.
- Began making Super-8mm films at 8, after finding his father's camera, which he used for his work as a private investigator.
- Appears as himself in the docu-drama Wishing For A Dream, which he also produced.
- Attended and graduated from Las Vegas High School in Downtown Las Vegas, a designated historical landmark, before it was converted to a performing arts magnet school.
- Is a computer programmer and systems engineer, having held multiple certifications over the years, including ones from Microsoft, Cisco and Novell.
- He is a member of the Producers Guild of America (P.G.A.).
- Died during emergency surgery in 2005, and went straight to the Intensive Care Unit in a coma and on life support, including a ventilator. He didn't wake up for five days, with 105F fever the entire time and a dismal prognosis. He said he only came back because of the "person" he met on the other side who convinced him to return for his children.
- Owns a lasagna factory with his brother.
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