Nationality British Other names Raymond Santilli | Name Ray Santilli | |
 | ||
Known for "Alien autopsy" footage Movies Alien From Area 51, Bob Marley: Spiritual Journey Similar People Gary Shoefield, Jonny Campbell, William Davies, Bob Marley, Barnaby Thompson | ||
Alien Autopsy - Ray Santilli
Ray Santilli (born 30 September 1958) is a British musician, record, and film producer, best known for his exploitation in 1995 of the controversial "alien autopsy" footage, subject of the Warners film Alien Autopsy featuring Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Pullman, and Ant & Dec.
Contents
- Alien Autopsy Ray Santilli
- ONDA MADRID Dilogos en la nueva era Entrevista a Ray Santilli
- Early life
- Career
- References
ONDA MADRID - Diálogos en la nueva era - Entrevista a Ray Santilli
Early life
Born in London, Santilli was the son of Italian immigrants. He spent his childhood in Islington London.
Career
Ray Santilli started his professional career in 1974 as a session musician, record producer and music distributor. In 1982, Santilli founded AMP Entertainment, where he produced and promoted acts of the day. His credits include: Ian Dury, Boy George, Dollar, Taylor Ames, Hazel O'Connor, Hot Chocolate, Slipknot, Howard Jones, Jimmy Nail, Shriekback, Grace Kennedy, Noddy Holder, Bill Wyman, Slade, Sweet, Thompson Twins, Uriah Heep, Leo Sayer, Chris de Burgh, The Tourists (later Eurythmics), The Belle Stars, The Lambrettas, Connie Francis, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, The Foundations, The Searchers, The Troggs, The Drifters, The Platters, Jerry Lee Lewis, ABC, The Piranhas, and Musical Youth.
In 1981, Santilli produced the Tweets album featuring The Birdy Song. In 1985 he founded "Music Broadcasting Services Ltd", an independent record label which handled the exclusive rights to the Walt Disney Audio Soundtrack Catalogue in the United Kingdom.
1n 1987 Santilli produced the Charity record The Wishing Well featuring Boy George, Dollar, Grace Kennedy for the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. In 1991 Santilli founded the Merlin Group. This company specialized in the re-recording of hits with original artists. Merlin also produced and marketed a number of television specials. In 1994 Santilli formed Orbital Media Ltd where he produced a succession of TV documentaries and films for television.
Santilli is best known for his claim to have discovered footage which depicted the autopsy of an alien creature. The Alien Autopsy footage, supposedly of extraterrestrial corpses from the so-called Roswell UFO incident, was broadcast to a worldwide audience on 28 August 1995.
In 2006 the story of Ray Santilli and the Alien Autopsy was the subject of a Warner Brothers movie Alien Autopsy featuring the British double act Ant & Dec. Dec played Ray Santilli with Ant as Santilli's real life business partner and friend Gary Shoefield. In 2006 Ray Santilli claimed that sections of the Alien Autopsy footage had been restored.