Christopher Stephen Peter “Bash” Bashinelli is an American actor, producer, explorer, and television host.
Background
Christopher Bashinelli was born on November 10, 1986 to Stephen and Florence Bashinelli, who are, respectively, of Italian and Lebanese descent. Chris was born and raised in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York and attended Xaverian High School.
Education
He attended Marymount Manhattan College and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor in Theatre Arts.
Career
He is best known as the executive producer and host of the television series,, which currently airs on Public Broadcasting Service and the National Geographic channel. Bashinelli is also known for being one of the youngest people to ever moderate an event at the General Assembly Hall. Bashinelli has appeared on television (The Sopranos, 2007) and in several films: How to Grow a Fig Tree (2007), Knock Knock (2007), Last Day of Summer (2009), Take Office (2009), and All Screwed Up (2009).
In 2010 Bashinelli moderated the Launch of the International Year of Youth in the General Assembly Hall with the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.
In 2011, at 24 years old, Bashinelli became the youngest male to moderate the International Day of Peace. In 2007, at age 20 Bashinelli went to Tanzania as a part of a study abroad program
When he returned he developed the documentary short,: Tanzania (2009), in an attempt to show a positive view of Tanzania and its people. This film premiered at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania in 2009.
Following the completion of: Tanzania, Bashinelli launched the production company television television focuses on telling the stories of everyday life in a positive way from areas around the world that often receive negative media attention.
television has produced four episodes of the series in addition to Tanzania that are currently airing on Public Broadcasting Service and the National Geographic Channel (3). Episodes include Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Haiti, Uganda and Mongolia. In 2012 Bashinelli was named a, which awards grants to help fund projects “supporting new generations of archaeologists, anthropologists, astronomers, conservationists, ecologists, geographers, geologists, marine scientists, adventurers, storytellers, and pioneers.” Bashinelli used his grant to help fund to Mongolia, where he lived as a nomad.