---
name: "Bob Gale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-gale"
fi1m_id: "bob-gale"
imdb_id: "nm0301826"
tmdb_id: 1058
wikidata_id: "Q725773"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "25 May 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:47:12.236634+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Gale

## Identity

Bob Gale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-gale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-gale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0301826
- **TMDB ID:** 1058
- **Wikidata ID:** Q725773
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725773, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301826/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1058

Writer and producer. Born 25 May 1951 in University City, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 25 May 1951, University City, Missouri, USA
- **Active:** 1985–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [Christopher Lloyd](https://film.one/person/christopher-lloyd.md), [Lea Thompson](https://film.one/person/lea-thompson.md), [Michael J. Fox](https://film.one/person/michael-j-fox.md), [Neil Canton](https://film.one/person/neil-canton.md), [Robert Zemeckis](https://film.one/person/robert-zemeckis.md), [Thomas F. Wilson](https://film.one/person/thomas-f-wilson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725773, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301826/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1058

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Back to the Future*](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bob Gale is an American screenwriter, producer and director. Born in University City, Missouri, on 25 May 1951, he graduated with a B.A. in cinema from the University of Southern California in 1973, where he met his frequent writing partner Robert Zemeckis.

Gale is best known for co-writing the *Back to the Future* trilogy (1985–1990) with Zemeckis and co-producing the three films. He received an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of the first film. Other screenwriting credits include *1941* (1979), *Used Cars* (1980) and *Trespass* (1992); he made his feature directorial debut with *Interstate 60* (2002).

Gale has also written comic books and served as an expert witness in plagiarism cases.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), Fi1m 74, Story, Screenplay, Characters, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future-part-ii.md)
- *Back to the Future* (1985), Fi1m 92, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* (2026), Thanks — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-brand-new-day.md)
- *A Future on Stage* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Russo Bros. Pizza Film School* (2020), series, Actor
- *Project 88: Back to the Future Too* (2020), Creator
- *Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles* (2018), series, Writer
- *Doc Brown Saves the World* (2015), Writer, Producer
- *Back To the Present: The Special* (2015), Actor
- *The World's First Time Machine* (2003), Actor
- *Interstate 60* (2002), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Bordello of Blood* (1996), Story
- *Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie* (1995), Director, Writer
- *Trespass* (1992), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Back to the Future* (1991), series, Producer, Characters
- *The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Back to the Future Part III* (1990), Screenplay, Producer, Story, Characters
- *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), Producer, Screenplay, Characters, Story — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future-part-ii.md)
- *Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation* (1989), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director, Screenplay
- *Citizen Steve* (1987), as Screenwriter
- *Amazing Stories* (1986), Teleplay
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Writer
- *Back to the Future* (1985), Producer, Writer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md)
- *Used Cars* (1980), Writer, Producer
- *1941* (1979), Screenplay, Story
- *I Wanna Hold Your Hand* (1978), Writer, Associate Producer
- *A Field of Honor* (1973), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1986: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Back to the Future*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 1986: Best Dramatic Presentation (won), for *Back to the Future*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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