Fair Lawn Boiler Engineer Produces, Directs, Acts in Films
You may have seen him on ''The Sopranos" or "Law & Order"
Frank Lisi has been a boiler engineer and shop steward on Rutgers’ Newark Campus for 22 years. But he spends his spare time directing and acting in his own award-winning films. He began writing the screenplay for his first film, A Sicilian Tale, in 2005 while working as an extra on the set of the HBO drama series, The Sopranos. Lisi didn’t begin acting and filmmaking until well into adulthood, but he’s been fascinated by the film industry since his childhood. “Movies have always been a part of me,” Lisi said. “The first time I saw Elvis Presley on screen, that did it for me. I wanted to do whatever he was doing.” A self-described “Jersey Guy,” Lisi and his two brothers were raised by their Sicilian mother in Lodi. Though she hardly spoke …
