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Bob Gale(I)

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Bob Gale
Bob Gale is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter-producer-director, best known as co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of Back to the Future (1985) and its sequels. Gale was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Cinema from the University of Southern California in 1973. He has written over 30 screenplays; his other film credits include 1941 (1979), I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Used Cars (1980), Trespass (1992) and Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002), the latter which he directed. In addition to writing movies and occasionally television, Gale has written comic books including Spider-Man, Batman and the IDW Back to the Future title, thus proving to his father that he did not waste hours and hours reading comics in his youth. He has also served as an expert witness in over 25 plagiarism cases, even though this has occasionally required him to wear a suit and tie (oh, the horror!). When he's not in production, writing, shooting off his mouth or wasting time on the internet, he actually does take out the trash even when his wife doesn't ask. Well, sometimes he does...
BornMay 25, 1951
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BornMay 25, 1951
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Bob Gale in Granada Reports (1992)
Bob Gale in Granada Reports (1992)
Bob Gale and Sarah Rogers in Granada Reports (1992)
Bob Gale and Sarah Rogers in Granada Reports (1992)
Bob Gale and Sarah Rogers in Granada Reports (1992)
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Bob Gale, and Huey Lewis at an event for Back to the Future (1985)
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Bob Gale, and Huey Lewis at an event for Back to the Future (1985)
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Bob Gale, and Huey Lewis at an event for Back to the Future (1985)
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Bob Gale, and Huey Lewis at an event for Back to the Future (1985)
Bob Gale at an event for Back to the Future (1985)
Bob Gale at an event for Back to the Future (1985)

Known for

Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future
8.5
  • Writer
  • 1985
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
7.6
  • Writer
  • 2002
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Mary Steenburgen in Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part III
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1990
Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part II
7.8
  • Writer
  • 1989

Credits

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Writer

  • The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)
    The Angry Video Game Nerd
  • Doc and Marty Teach Climate Change
  • Eric Patrick Cameron, Zachary J. Maers, and Michael Ragosta in Back to the Fan Film (2015)
    Back to the Fan Film
  • Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future: Doc Brown Saves the World (2015)
    Back to the Future: Doc Brown Saves the World
  • Back to the Future: The Game - 30th Anniversary Edition (2015)
    Back to the Future: The Game - 30th Anniversary Edition
  • Back to the Future: The Game (2010)
    Back to the Future: The Game
    • (uncredited)
  • Back to the Future Video Slots (2004)
    Back to the Future Video Slots
  • Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
    Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
  • Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (2001)
    Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure
  • Bordello of Blood (1996)
    Bordello of Blood
  • Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995)
    Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
  • Tattoo Assassins (1994)
    Tattoo Assassins
    • (as Bob 'Koldan' Gale)
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
    Tales from the Crypt
  • Dan Castellaneta and David Kaufman in Back to the Future (1991)
    Back to the Future
  • Bill Paxton, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and William Sadler in Trespass (1992)
    Trespass

Director

  • Back to the Future Video Slots (2004)
    Back to the Future Video Slots
  • Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
    Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
    • (directed by)
  • Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995)
    Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie
  • Tattoo Assassins (1994)
    Tattoo Assassins
    • (as Bob 'Koldan' Gale)
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
    Tales from the Crypt
  • Dan Castellaneta and David Kaufman in Back to the Future (1991)
    Back to the Future
  • The Discovery
  • The Annihilator Attacks

Producer

  • Expedition: Back to the Future (2021)
    Expedition: Back to the Future
  • DeLorean: Living the Dream (2020)
    DeLorean: Living the Dream
  • Back for the Future (2011)
    Back for the Future
  • Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
    Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
    • (produced by)
  • Bill Paxton, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and William Sadler in Trespass (1992)
    Trespass
  • Dan Castellaneta and David Kaufman in Back to the Future (1991)
    Back to the Future
  • The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy (1990)
    The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy
  • Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Mary Steenburgen in Back to the Future Part III (1990)
    Back to the Future Part III
    • (produced by)
  • Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II (1989)
    Back to the Future Part II
    • (produced by)
  • Back to the Future Part II Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation (1989)
    Back to the Future Part II Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
  • Time Travel: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy
  • Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future (1985)
    Back to the Future
    • (produced by)
  • Used Cars (1984)
    Used Cars
  • Used Cars (1980)
    Used Cars
  • Nancy Allen, Eddie Deezen, Theresa Saldana, and Wendie Jo Sperber in I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
    I Wanna Hold Your Hand
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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    • May 25, 1951
    • University City, Missouri, USA
  • Other works
    Writer, "Amazing Spider-Man", Marvel comics, (2008)
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    • 3 Interviews

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Bob often makes obscure references to his hometown in his scripts.
  • Quotes
    [ on 'Back to the Future'] I don't know that part one was necessarily hugely cutting-edge. It was a very good melding of mechanical effects, where you can't tell where one ends and the other begins. So we're proud of that. This was way before we had computers or anything digital to do this stuff.. It holds up really well, and is probably the best time-machine film ever made.

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