George Gallo

{{Short description|American filmmaker}}

{{For|the Connecticut politician|George Gallo (politician)}}

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|name=George Gallo

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1956|3|20}}

|birth_place=Port Chester, New York, U.S.

|occupation=Director, producer, screenwriter, musician, painter, author

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George Gallo Jr. (born March 20, 1956) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, painter and musician.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/90925/George-Gallo?inline=nyt-per|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104190150/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/90925/George-Gallo?inline=nyt-per|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2012|title=The New York Times|access-date=April 14, 2011}}

He is known for writing Midnight Run{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MgIsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=km0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1288,1329055&dq=george-gallo+midnight-run&hl=en|work=Kentucky New Era|title=Midnight Run' a cut above the rest|last=Thomas|first=Bob|date=July 15, 1988|page=5B|access-date=April 14, 2011}} and 29th Street,{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CEFDF173DF932A35752C1A967958260|title=Portrait of Frank and the Other Pesces|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=November 1, 1991|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 14, 2011}} and is an accomplished painter in the style of the Pennsylvania Impressionists. In 1990, he won the coveted Arts for the Parks award, and has had three one-man exhibitions in New York City.

In 2010, Gallo wrote and directed the film Middle Men starring Luke Wilson.{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/middle-men-20100804

|title=Middle Men|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=August 6, 2010|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 14, 2011}}