Bob Gale

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Bob Gale
Born
Michael Robert Gale

(1951-05-25) May 25, 1951 (age 72)
University City, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California, B.A. 1973
OccupationWriter
Years active1973-present
Notable workBack to the Future

Michael Robert Gale (born May 25, 1951) is an American

comic book writer, film producer and director. He is best known for co-writing the science fiction comedy film Back to the Future with his writing partner Robert Zemeckis. Gale co-produced all three films of the franchise and later served as associate producer of the animated TV series. Actor Michael J. Fox has referred to Gale as the "gatekeeper of the [Back to the Future] franchise".[1]

Early life

Gale was born to a Jewish family[2] in University City, Missouri; he is the son of Maxine (née Kippel and died in 2010),[3] an art dealer and violinist, and Mark R. Gale (1922–2018),[4] an attorney. Mark Gale was a World War II veteran and later a University City councilman.[5] Bob Gale has two younger brothers: Charlie, who wrote the screenplay for Ernest Scared Stupid,[6] and Randy. Bob Gale received a B.A. in Cinema in 1973 from the University of Southern California, where he wrote fanzine reviews for classmate Mike Glyer's fanzine, and met Zemeckis, who was his classmate.[citation needed]

As a child, Gale dreamed he would one day "go to

Commando Cus".[citation needed] The last two films were made in collaboration with Richard Rosenberg.[who?] (Rosenberg had taken over the series with the third, 1973's Commando Cus vs. Kung Fu Killers, in which Gale made a cameo appearance as the title character without his face-covering helmet, and was working on a fourth at the time of his death.)[citation needed
]

Career

Film

As screenwriters Gale and Zemeckis have collaborated on a number of films including

Academy Award for their screenplay for Back to the Future. In 2002, Gale made his debut as a feature-film director with Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road. He had previously directed and written the 20-minute theatrical release Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie. Gale's other work includes the novelization for his movie 1941 and he helped develop the unreleased arcade game Tattoo Assassins.[citation needed
]

Gale, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status in 1990.[8]

On 31 January 2014, it was announced that a

stage musical adaptation of the first Back to the Future film was in production.[9][10][11]

Comics

As a teenager, Bob Gale was a regular Marvel reader, and his fan letters appeared in Tales of Suspense #98, published in February 1968, and Iron Man #2-3, published in June-July 1968.

Gale began writing for comics in the late 90s, and his earliest work includes

same date that Marty travels with Doc Brown to the future; the comic book is shown as part of the storyline for Part II
.

Selected filmography

Bibliography

DC Comics

  • Batman:
    • The Batman Chronicles #10: "To See the Batman" (prose story with illustrations by Bill Sienkiewicz, anthology, 1997)
    • Batman: No Man's Land Volume 1 (tpb, 544 pages, 2011,
      ISBN 1-77951-322-4
      ) include:

Marvel Comics

IDW Publishing

References

  1. 8 Days
    . August 13, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  2. ISBN 9780275960346
    . My name's Bob Gale. I'm a writer, producer, and director; most of my work is in motion pictures, and my best known works are the three "Back to the Future" films, which I wrote and produced. I consider myself Jewish, although I'm not a member of a congregation, nor am I terribly observant.
  3. ^ "Maxine K. Gale, obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  4. ^ "Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale mourns the passing of longtime partner Mark Gale". Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  5. Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
    .
  6. ^ "Michael Robert Gale biography". filmreference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  7. ^ Pingitore, Silvia (2021-08-24). "EXCLUSIVE interview with Back To The Future creator Bob Gale". the-shortlisted.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  8. ^ "WGAW Financial Core List".
  9. ^ "Back to the Future musical announced". BBC News. January 31, 2014.
  10. ^ "Back to the Future: 80s movie gets musical makeover". The Guardian. January 31, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  11. London Evening Standard
    . January 31, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

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