Gene Quintano

Gene Quintano (born 1946 as Eugene Francis Quintano Jr.) is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer and director. He's best known for writing sequels to the hit film Police Academy and directing the western Dollar for the Dead and action parody Loaded Weapon 1, both starring Emilio Estevez.

Career

Quintano acted in two 3-D films during the early 1980s; Comin' at Ya! (1981) and Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983) (on which he also worked as a producer and writer).[1] His career thereafter would focus primarily on action-comedies, such as the third and fourth Police Academy films, the Allan Quatermain films for Cannon and Operation Dumbo Drop for Disney.[2]

In 2001, Quintano wrote a kung-fu reimagining of The Three Musketeers for director Peter Hyams. The Musketeer was a critical and commercial failure.[3][4] His last credit was on the family feature Funky Monkey, which ended up being released straight-to-video, despite its $30 million budget.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Maslin, Janet (August 22, 1981). "'COMIN' AT YA'". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Operation Dumbo Drop: Two Tons of Weak Humor". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  3. ↑ "The Musketeer (2001) - Weekend Box Office". Boxofficemojo.com. 2001-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  4. ↑ "The Musketeer". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
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