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 mater University of Southern California , B.A. 1973
Occupation Writer
Years active 1973-present
Notable work Back to the Future

Michael Robert Gale (born May 25, 1951) is an American screenwriter , 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 [ edit ]

Gale was born to a Jewish family [2] in University City, Missouri ; he is the son of Maxine (nee 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 Hollywood and work for Walt Disney ", who was his hero. [7] As a teen, he created his own comic book , The Green Vomit , using spirit duplication ; he was the co-founder of a popular comic book club in St. Louis . Later he and his brother Charlie made their own amateur three-film series parody of the Republic Pictures Commando Cody serials, using the character name " 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 [ edit ]

Film [ edit ]

As screenwriters Gale and Zemeckis have collaborated on a number of films including 1941 , I Wanna Hold Your Hand , Used Cars , and Trespass . The last one was set in East St. Louis, Illinois , near Gale's home town. Gale and Zemeckis were nominated for an 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 [ edit ]

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 Ant-Man's Big Christmas for Marvel and Batman for DC Comics . In 2001, he had a short run on Marvel's Daredevil with artists Phil Winslade and Dave Ross. In 2008, Gale worked as one of the writers among the rotating writer/artist teams on The Amazing Spider-Man , which at the time was published three times a month. His other work in comics includes the Back to the Future monthly series published by IDW Publishing . The first issue was released in stores on October 21, 2015, which is the 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 [ edit ]

Bibliography [ edit ]

DC Comics [ edit ]

  • 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   1-4012-3228-0 ) and Batman: No Man's Land Omnibus Volume 1 (hc, 1,136 pages, 2022, ISBN   1-77951-322-4 ) include:

Marvel Comics [ edit ]

IDW Publishing [ edit ]

  • Back to the Future (scripted by various writers from plots by Gale):
    • Back to the Future vol. 2 (written by John Barber and Erik Burnham (#1?5), art by various artists, 2015?2017) collected as:
    • Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #1?5 (written by Erik Burnham, drawn by Alan Robinson , 2016) collected as Back to the Future: Citizen Brown (tpb, 120 pages, 2017, ISBN   1-63140-793-7 )
    • Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #1?6 (written by Derek Fridolfs , drawn by Alan Robinson, 2017) collected as Back to the Future: Biff to the Future (tpb, 148 pages, 2017, ISBN   1-6314-0974-3 )
    • Back to the Future: Tales from the Time Train #1?6 (written by John Barber, drawn by Megan Levens , 2017?2018) collected as Back to the Future: Tales from the Time Train (tpb, 152 pages, 2018, ISBN   1-6840-5313-7 )

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Michael J. Fox says Back To The Future sequel is not in his hands" . 8days.sg . 8 Days . August 13, 2018 . Retrieved September 13, 2022 .
  2. ^ Suman, Michael (1997). Religion and Prime Time Television . Praeger. p. 137. 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. ^ Holleman, Joe (March 6, 2018). "U. City's Mark Gale, inspiration for 'Back To The Future," dies at 95" . 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. ^ "Back to the Future: stage musical version of 80s classic film to hit London's West End" . standard.co.uk . London Evening Standard . January 31, 2013 . Retrieved February 7, 2014 .

External links [ edit ]

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