George Gallo(I)

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Director
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George Gallo at Cannes promoting Middle Men

From the director of Double Take, Middle Men, and The Poison Rose comes this stylish, glossy action-thriller starring Morgan Freeman (Se7en) and Ruby Rose ("Orange Is the New Black") that shows what desperation can drive a person to do. A mother, Victoria (Rose), is trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon (Freeman) forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Now, Victoria must use guns, guts, and a motorcycle to take out a series of violent gangsters - or she may never see her child again.

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Vanquish (2021)

George Gallo moved from Mamaroneck, New York and relocated in Los Angeles in 1982. After 4 years, he got the film "Wise Guys" produced with Danny Devito and Joe Piscopo. The classic buddy/cops and robbers picture "Midnight Run" came next with Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. Then in 1990, he wrote and directed "29th Street" which Danny Aiello and Anthony LaPaglia. It got critical raves. Other credits include 1995's, "Bad Boys" starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Gallo will soon direct the film "Friend Again."

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Known for

Bad Boys

6.8

Writer

1995

Midnight Run

7.5

Writer

1988

Middle Men

6.8

Writer

2009

29th Street

7.2

Writer

1991

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Writer

Bad Boys: Ride or Die
6.5
- characters created by
- 2024
Vanquish
3.0
- written by
- 2021
The Comeback Trail
5.7
- screenplay by
- 2020
Bad Boys for Life
6.5
- based on characters created by
- 2020
Bigger
6.4
- written by
- 2018
Columbus Circle
5.9
- written by
- 2012
Middle Men
6.8
- written by
- 2009
My Mom's New Boyfriend
5.3
- written by
- 2008
Code Name: The Cleaner
4.6
- written by
- 2007
Local Color
6.8
- written by
- 2006
The Whole Ten Yards
5.5
- screenplay
- 2004
Bad Boys II
6.6
- characters
- 2003
See Spot Run
5.4
- screenplay
- story
- 2001
Double Take
5.4
- screenplay
- 2001
Bad Boys
6.8
- story
- 1995

Director

The Ritual Killer
4.3
- Director
- 2023
Vanquish
3.0
- directed by
- 2021
The Comeback Trail
5.7
- directed by
- 2020
The Poison Rose
4.8
- Director
- 2019
David A. Leffel: An American Master
- Director
- 2019
Bigger
6.4
- Director
- 2018
Columbus Circle
5.9
- Director
- 2012
Middle Men
6.8
- directed by
- 2009
My Mom's New Boyfriend
5.3
- Director
- 2008
Local Color
6.8
- Director
- 2006
DysFunktional Family
6.5
- Director
- 2003
Double Take
5.4
- Director
- 2001
Trapped in Paradise
5.9
- Director
- 1994
29th Street
7.2
- Director
- 1991

Producer

Vanquish
3.0
- executive producer
- 2021
The Comeback Trail
5.7
- executive producer
- 2020
Persephone: Pictures at the End of the World
- executive producer
- 2018
Victoria's Turn
8.2
Short
- executive producer
- 2012
Estranged
7.8
Short
- producer
- 2011
Senior Skip Day
4.8
Video
- executive producer
- 2008
Waiting on Fountain
Short
- executive producer
- 2006
Local Color
6.8
- producer
- 2006
Most High
6.4
- executive producer
- 2004
Trapped in Paradise
5.9
- producer
- 1994
Midnight Runaround
4.7
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 1994
Another Midnight Run
4.8
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 1994

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Trivia
Originally attended college to become a Graphic Arts major. After seeing Martin Scorsese's film Mean Streets (1973), he was inspired to become a Film major instead. When the school informed him that he couldn't switch majors without repeating his first year's studies, he decided to drop out and ended up writing his first film, Wise Guys (1986), which took five years to get produced.

Quotes
Eventually, I came to understand that all of the arts are intertwined. That composition in painting is the same as structure in storytelling; that characters are the same as colors; that colors are the same as chords in music.