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Oct 22, 2020 · After collaborating on the inventive (but underperforming) films I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Used Cars, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale struck creative gold in 1985 with Back to the Future, easily the ...
- A ‘Troublemaking’ History
- A Hands-On Leader
- A Family Commitment
Long before he was hired for the position in 1985, Cavello spent a good amount of time in the principal’s office. After acting up in class or getting caught smoking, he would sometimes serve detention so late that his mother would call the school, concerned that he wasn’t home for dinner. “Well, Mrs. Cavello,” the principal would tell her, “he’s st...
From the boiler room to the computer networks, Cavello has long maintained an inside-and-out understanding of the school. On summer breaks, he closely supervised improvement projects — even when they involved shoveling dirt himself. “He’s never asked anyone to do anything he wasn’t willing to do himself,” said James Lower, assistant principal and d...
For decades, St. Charles wasn’t just a workplace for Cavello but also a topic of dinner-table discussion for his family. Two of his three children ultimately followed him into Catholic education: Dominic A. Cavello, 37, teaches physical education at St. Mary Magdalene and St. Matthias schools; and Kate, 33, is the assistant principal at Immaculate ...
Oct 21, 2015 · The Future Is Now. When Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis met as film students at USC, a wildly successful writer-director team was formed. The two began working in TV out of school, eventually moving into film with movies such as Used Cars, 1941, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand before penning their biggest hit with 1985’s time travel classic, Back to ...
Michael Robert Gale (born May 25, 1951) is an American screenwriter, comic book writer, film producer and director. He is best known for co-writing the science fiction comedy film Back to the Future with his writing partner Robert Zemeckis. Gale co-produced all three films of the franchise and later served as associate producer of the animated ...
- 1973-present
- Back to the Future
- University of Southern California, B.A. 1973
- Writer
When producer Bob Gale and writer/director Robert Zemeckis first dreamed up their concept of a time-travelling 17-year-old who hops decades and meets his parents as teenagers, the phrase ‘tricky ...
Oct 5, 2005 · generated an interesting response -- not to mention a blockbuster film franchise (for the record, Bob Gale is an alumnus of University City High School, Class of '69).
Back. Bob Gale. Best known as co-creator of the wildly popular BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy, award winning Screenwriter-Director-Producer BOB GALE is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema, where he met his frequent collaborator, Robert Zemeckis. Even before graduation, Gale and Zemeckis set their sights on careers in Hollywood.
