---
name: "Gene Quintano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gene-quintano"
fi1m_id: "gene-quintano"
imdb_id: "nm0704164"
tmdb_id: 56953
wikidata_id: "Q1339176"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 39
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T19:59:50.734900+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."
---

# Gene Quintano

## Identity

Gene Quintano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gene-quintano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gene-quintano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0704164
- **TMDB ID:** 56953
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1339176
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Quintano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56953

Writer. Born 1 January 1946 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1946, New York City
- **Active:** 1986–1987
- **Also known as:** Eugene Francis Quintano Jr.
- **Frequently works with:** [Bubba Smith](https://film.one/person/bubba-smith.md), [David Graf](https://film.one/person/david-graf.md), [Michael Winslow](https://film.one/person/michael-winslow.md), [Paul Maslansky](https://film.one/person/paul-maslansky.md), [Steve Guttenberg](https://film.one/person/steve-guttenberg.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 39, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Quintano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56953

## Biography

Gene Quintano (born 1946 as Eugene Francis Quintano Jr.) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He began his career outside film as a salesman before entering the industry through a partnership with director Tony Anthony on the 3-D western *Comin' at Ya!* (1981).

Quintano wrote several films for Cannon Films, including *King Solomon's Mines* (1985) and *Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold* (1986). He received sole screenplay credit on *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986) and *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987). He later directed *Loaded Weapon 1* (1993) and other features.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), Fi1m 36, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-4-citizens-on-patrol.md)
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), Fi1m 42, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Welcome to Sudden Death* (2020), Screenplay
- *Funky Monkey* (2004), Second Unit Director, Director, Screenplay
- *Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister* (2002), Teleplay
- *The Musketeer* (2001), Screenplay
- *Outlaw Justice* (1999), Screenplay
- *Dollar for the Dead* (1998), Writer, Director
- *Sudden Death* (1995), Screenplay
- *Operation Dumbo Drop* (1995), Writer
- *National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1* (1993), Director, Screenplay
- *Why Me?* (1990), Director
- *For Better or for Worse* (1989), Director, Screenplay
- *Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol* (1987), Writer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-4-citizens-on-patrol.md)
- *Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold* (1986), Screenplay
- *Police Academy 3: Back in Training* (1986), Writer — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy-3-back-in-training.md)
- *King Solomon's Mines* (1985), Screenplay
- *Making the Grade* (1984), Screenplay, Producer
- *Treasure of the Four Crowns* (1983), as Edmond · Story, Producer
- *Comin' at Ya!* (1981), as Pike · Executive Producer, Writer

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