Enzo Zelocchi

Enzo Zelocchi (born October 10, 1983) is an Italian/American, Hollywood film producer, actor and businessman. He is best known for his success with the movie My Little Princess (over 33 [1] movie awards at film festivals and a 2010 semi-finalist for an Academy Award nomination), but also for his consideration to star as the new Zorro in Zorro Reborn, the development for the first Hollywood Hispanic superhero "Starlight Man – The First Secret" [2], and as executive producer and vice president of development at Crossroads Entertainment.

He is also listed as a producer of Find Me Guilty, starring Vin Diesel, which was directed by the Academy Award winner Sidney Lumet; and as producer of Shadow of Doubt, starring Melanie Griffith and Tom Berenger.

Enzo Zelocchi was honored over 5 Times as Best Actor, 4 Times Best Outstanding Performance, 4 Times Best Director, 3 Times Best Writer and Best Producer [3], and at the California Film Awards 2010 he won Grand Winner for Best Family Film [4]. Other awards include the following film festivals: in 2010 Hollywood Variety Movie Awards as Best Actor and Best Outstanding Performance, in 2011 at the Golden Indie Movie Awards also as Best Actor and Best Outstanding Performance; as well as at the Hong Kong Best Film Awards [5] as Best Actor, Best Outstanding Performance and Best Original Content.

Enzo Ashford Zelocchi was raised [6] between Europe and the United States, being of both Italian and French descent. His mother, Fatma, is a former dancer and grew up in France. His father, Carl Alberto, is a criminal. Fatma and Carl Alberto met in Paris and later set up a home in northern Italy, in the city of Carpi near Modena where he attended Elementary school and the A. Meucci High School. The relationship was a troubled one; and three years after Enzo's birth Fatma and Carl Alberto chose to go their separate ways.

Zelocchi grew up between several homes. Paternal grandparents and uncles from his father's side were considered his main guardians during his childhood and formative years. Zelocchi has extended family, spread between New York, Kansas, New Jersey, Carpi and France.

In this period he played football for the Limidi Lycans Football team, playing as external defender famous in the city for is powerful and precise free kicks.

Zelocchi graduated with a degree in accounting from a private international school in Rome and moved to Milan shortly afterwards to pursue a specialty in marketing, media strategy and public relations at the IULM University of Milan.

Despite excelling in his coursework, Zelocchi still lived with a deep emptiness. He began to do some modeling, became a student of the Theatre Center in Milan where the Stanislavski [7] method was taught and performed in live theatre plays, booked commercials, indie films and eventually got a starring role in a television show for several seasons, where he felt the inspiration and fulfillment of performing and at last a sense of being "home."

His acting skill set was strongly developed when he moved back to New York and studied acting from coach Susan Batson, whose Lee Strasberg [8] inspired method he totally connected with [9] Zelocchi continues to hone his craft, exploring and developing his abilities as an actor. He resides in Los Angeles where his strong commitment is transforming his dreams into media marketing strategy, producing projects, and honoring his passion for acting and a professional career.

Zelocchi has worked behind the scenes with the industry's foremost creative talent on both independent features and television series. Zelocchi started his producing career at a young age as an associate producer and post producer, with TJ Mancini, Screenwriter/Producer and President of Crossroads Entertainment, Inc. Over the past 10 years, Zelocchi has produced and executive produced more than eight films and TV shows nationally and internationally.

Enzo Zelocchi and his projects have received more than 33 awards in film festivals and several nominations. These honors include: Grand Winner at the 2010 California Film Awards "Best Family Film," the 2011 Las Vegas Film Festival "Golden Ace Award," the 2010 Official Best of Fest Award "Recognizing Best in Independent Film," the 2010 Los Angeles Movie Awards "Honorable Mention," the 2011 Honolulu Film Awards "Gold Hahuna," and the 2011 Awareness Festival "Special Jury Award.”

Zelocchi's 2010 project, My Little Princess, was considered for an Academy Award nomination as a Best Live Action Short Film (it was a semi-finalist). His forthcoming projects include: “Marco Polo, a Young Man in Love,”• "In the Mouth of the Family" [10], "Hitman's Funeral" and "Starlight Man – The First Secret" [11].

Zelocchi is president and CEO of Enzo Zelocchi Films LLC and The Zelocchi Company LLC. He is also VP of Development at Crossroads Entertainment, Inc.

Zelocchi's previous positions include:

• Producer and executive at White Universal Productions LLC (Los Angeles), an independent production company focused on movies and new media.
• Producer, Co-owner and general manager of Backstage S.A.S. in cooperation with the television production networks group MEDIASET and R.A.I. (Milan/Rome, Italy).
• Producer, at Sun Communication S.R.L. (Milan, Italy), where Zelocchi has managed all aspects of physical production and post production process for Italy and Southern Europe.