Bob Gale

Michael Robert "Bob" Gale (born May 25, 1951 in University City , Missouri ) is an American screenwriter, producer and writer.

Gale studied film studies at the University of Southern California. He completed his studies in 1973 with a bachelor's degree. One of his fellow students there was Robert Zemeckis , to whom he has been on friendly terms both professionally and privately. Together, the two worked as scriptwriters for films such as 1941 - Where please go to Hollywood (1979), I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1979; also co-producer), Used Cars (1980; also producer), Trespass (1992) and stories from the crypt: Bordello of Blood (1996).

His most famous work is the Back to the Future series, which was filmed by Robert Zemeckis with Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd . Gale co-wrote the script for the first part (1985) and was the lead writer on the scripts for the other two parts (1989 & 1990) of the trilogy. He also acted as a co-producer of all three parts. He then produced the animated series of the same name from 1991, based on the "Back to the Future" films. In 2002, Gale tried his hand at Interstate 60 (the last film in which Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd played together) for the first time as a regular film director. In 1995 he had already tried directing an interactive short film.

Gale also supported the US computer game developer Telltale Games as a consultant for the first episode of the adventure series Back to the Future - The Game, which appeared in December 2010 . He will also do this for the other four parts.

Gale has also worked as a writer for various publishers: in 1999 he wrote the critically acclaimed one-shot Batman: No Law and a New Order for DC Comics , as well as some of the ongoing Batman series. He wrote some Daredevil stories for Marvel Comics .

Web links

• Bob Gale in the Internet Movie Database (English)