George Gallo Jr. (born 1956) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, painter, and musician. In 2010, he wrote and directed the film Middle Men starring Luke Wilson. He is best known for writing Midnight Run (starring Robert De Niro) and 29th Street. An accomplished painter in the style of the Pennsylvania Impressionists, Gallo won the coveted Arts in the Parks award (1990), and has had three one-man exhibitions in New York City. He currently lives in Los Angeles, and paints every day. "I know of no better way to cleanse a soul than painting plein aire landscapes. Whereas people can deceive charm and flirt, nature, as my departed Dad used to say, “Is what it is.” It is my personal love, respect and awe of the sheer unyielding natural beauty of what lies around us that I am trying to bring forward in these works. It is impossible for me to stand before a mountain and not be completely aware of my mortality. It will be here long after I am gone, but at the moment in time that we meet I feel the need to not only recognize its beauty, but let others know that I tipped my hat to its glory." Filmography Wise Guys (with Norman Steinberg) (1986) Midnight Run (1988) 29th Street (1991) (also Director) Trapped in Paradise (1994) (also Director) Bad Boys (1995) (story only) Analyze This (1999) (uncredited) Double Take (2001) See Spot Run (with Gregory Poirier, Dan Baron, Chris Faber, Stuart Gibbs and Craig Titley) (2001) Dysfunktional Family (2003) (Director) The Whole Ten Yards (2004) Local Color (2006) (also Director) Code Name: The Cleaner (with Robert Adetuyi) (2007) Homeland Security (2008) (also Director) Columbus Circle (with Kevin Pollak) (2010) (also Director) Middle Men (with Andy Weiss) (2010) (also Director)