---
name: "George Gallo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-gallo"
fi1m_id: "george-gallo"
imdb_id: "nm0303032"
tmdb_id: 21792
wikidata_id: "Q2075917"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T15:22:24.453222+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."
---

# George Gallo

## Identity

George Gallo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-gallo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** george-gallo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0303032
- **TMDB ID:** 21792
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2075917
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gallo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2075917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303032/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21792

Writer. Born 1 January 1956 in Port Chester, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, Port Chester, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** Джордж Ґалло
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 36 (1), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 60 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 4, Action 3, Comedy 3, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,143m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gallo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2075917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303032/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21792

## Biography

George Gallo is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He wrote the screenplay for the 1988 action comedy *Midnight Run*, directed by Martin Brest and starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin.

His other screenwriting credits include *Wise Guys* (1986), *29th Street* (1991, which he also directed), the story for *Bad Boys* (1995) and its sequels, *The Whole Ten Yards* (2004) and *Middle Men* (2010, which he also directed). He has also worked as a painter in the style of the Pennsylvania Impressionists, winning the Arts for the Parks award in 1990 and holding three one-man exhibitions in New York City.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024), Fi1m 60, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md)
- *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), Fi1m 68, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md)
- *Bad Boys II* (2003), Fi1m 36, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ii.md)
- *Midnight Run* (1988), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-run.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Bad Boys: Ride or Die* (2024), Characters — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ride-or-die.md)
- *The Ritual Killer* (2023), Director
- *Vanquish* (2021), Director, Writer
- *The Comeback Trail* (2020), Director, Writer
- *Bad Boys for Life* (2020), Characters — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-for-life.md)
- *The Poison Rose* (2019), Executive Producer, Director
- *Bigger* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Columbus Circle* (2012), Director, Co-Writer, Writer
- *Middle Men* (2009), Director, Writer
- *Local Color* (2008), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Senior Skip Day* (2008), Executive Producer
- *My Mom's New Boyfriend* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Code Name: The Cleaner* (2007), Writer
- *The Whole Ten Yards* (2004), Screenplay
- *Bad Boys II* (2003), Characters — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-boys-ii.md)
- *Eddie Griffin: DysFunktional Family* (2003), Director
- *See Spot Run* (2001), Story, Writer
- *Double Take* (2001), Director, Screenplay
- *Bad Boys* (1995), Story
- *Trapped in Paradise* (1994), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Midnight Run for Your Life* (1994), Characters, Executive Producer
- *Midnight Run Around* (1994), Characters, Executive Producer
- *Another Midnight Run* (1994), Characters, Executive Producer
- *29th Street* (1991), Screenplay, Director
- *Relentless* (1989), as Medical Examiner
- *The Cover Girl and the Cop* (1989), as I.A. Officer
- *Midnight Run* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-run.md)
- *Wise Guys* (1986), Writer
- *Red Card*, Screenplay
- *Gambino*, Screenplay, Producer
- *Tommy & Me*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![I took this photo at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles during a 35mm screening of Midnight Run. Gallo wrote the screenplay. (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/119332/gallery-1338626e359c.jpg) I took this photo at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles during a 35mm screening of Midnight Run. Gallo wrote the screenplay. (2026) — SDudley, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/George_Gallo_%28Writer%2C_2026%29.jpg/1280px-George_Gallo_%28Writer%2C_2026%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![George Gallo](https://film.one/media/person/119332/gallery-4e465e8e92af.jpg) George Gallo — SDudley, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/George_Gallo_%28Writer%2C_2026%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-George_Gallo_%28Writer%2C_2026%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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