User:Greg Polisseni

Gregory Eugene Polisseni was born on January 16th, 1970 in Rochester New York. Parents Gene Polisseni (deceased in 2001) was an American Businessman and Philanthropist as well as his mother Wanda Polisseni. Greg has a brother and a sister and a deceased sister who passed away in 1983. Greg graduated from Fairport High School in 1988 and proceeded to St.Bonaventure University where he majored in Marketing and Fine Art.

Early Life.

Born in Rochester, NY where he lived as his parents helped form a company called Paychex Payroll processing. At the age of 7 the family moved to Loveland Ohio where they expanded the second branch of the business the. In 1982 the family moved back to Rochester to help build Paychex corporate headquarters into a billion dollar company. in 1983 when Polisseni was 13 years old he lost a sister in a car accident at the age of 17. The youngest of the children Polisseni was very active in sports, hobbies and art. While a senior in high school was accepted to The Art Institue of California to study fine art and graphic design. However he chose a more business focus through education and interships.

Professional Life.

Upon gradutaing from college in 1993, Polisseni worked in sales in the Rochester region before opening up his own graphic design business. While running this business for a few years is where his passion grew for the entertainement business. Around 1997 he began working with musical groups in the upstate NY region by promotion and marketing for several groups. At which time he opened a musical cafe in Buffalo, NY to help with promotion. In 2004 he was introduced to his true passion of filmaking. At that point Polisseni assisted in a thriller called The Attic Starring Tom Malloy, John Savage, Jason Lewis and Directed by Mary Lambert. Upon Completion Of that He started a film based on a true story called The Alphabet Killer starring Timothy Hutton, Tom Malloy, Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes and Michael Ironside. He has participated in various other projects including a TV Pilot and as in Pre Production of 2 other films. In addition to films he assists his family in various family business operations. He is divorced with no children

Charity. Polisseni has been active in numerous charitable causes since high school following in the footsteps of his family. He has served on numerous board of directors throught his life and currently is on the board for the family foundation (Polisseni Foundation) in honor of his late father and sister. He has created many facilities in the upstate region to assist in law enforcement, health care and civil improvement.