Person Biography:
Enzo Ashford Zelocchi was born in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy to Fatma Zelocchi, a former dancer, and Carl Alberto Zelocchi, a criminal attorney. He has a unique upbringing, being raised predominantly between the United States, Italy, England, and France, with family roots in Italy, Britain, Spain, France, Asia, and Judaism.
Zelocchi pursued higher education in Italy, graduating with a degree in accounting from a private international school in Rome. He later relocated to Milan to study marketing, media strategy, and public relations at the private university IULM, concurrently studying the Stanislavski acting method at the Milan Theater Center. During this time, he kick-started a successful modeling career, leading to opportunities in television advertising.
Enzo's breakthrough role was Ivan in the hit Italian TV show "Un Ciclone in Familia" (2005) on Channel 5 (Mediaset Network). He then relocated to New York, where he studied under the renowned acting coach Susan Batson, influenced by the Lee Strasberg method.
Parallel to his acting career, Zelocchi launched his producing career under the mentorship of Crossroads Entertainment CEO TJ Mancini. They collaborated on various projects, including "Find Me Guilty" (2006) starring Vin Diesel and directed by Academy Award-winning director Sidney Lumet, and "A War Hero 3.0" (2023) with Enzo Zelocchi as Director and Producer, alongside Vin Diesel as Executive Producer. Enzo and Vin Diesel also co-produced "Life Is a Dream" (2014).
Enzo continued to hone his craft, taking on multiple roles as writer, director, leading actor, and producer for several projects. These include "My Little Princess" (2010),"The Way to Paradise" (2011),"Silence Speaks" (2013),"Unbreakable Souls" (2015),and "Angels Apocalypse" (2015). He received notable acclaim for writing, directing, starring in, and producing "No War" (2022),set in war-torn Ukraine, co-starring Ukrainian refugee child actress Emilia Nimak.
Zelocchi also served as Executive Producer in the upcoming movie "Freud's Last Session" (2023),starring Matthew Goode and directed by Matt Brown, featuring Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins. This marks the continuation of a career that has earned him over 290 Awards on the Film Festival circuit worldwide and a significant social media following.
Beyond his successful acting, directing, and film producing career, Enzo has ventured into entrepreneurship as the founder and CEO of A-Medicare, a next-generation digital platform aiming to democratize healthcare by leveraging cutting-edge technological advancements, described by several critics as a new "Amazon for healthcare."
