Gene Quintano

Quintano turned director with a TV movie For Better or for Worse (1989) Honeymoon Academy. He followed it with Why Me? (1990) and Loaded Weapon 1 (1993). He did an uncredited rewrite on Cop and a Half (1993). He was meant to write and direct a western for TNT, Scratch. He sold a script to Cinergi called Beauty for $500,000 as a vehicle for Bruce Willis. He also wrote films for Jean-Claude Van Damme (Quest) and John Candy (Our Father) and worked on a big screen adaptation of the comic Spy vs Spy. None of these films were made. Quintano was a writer only on Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) and Sudden Death (1995) (originally called Arena). He wrote and directed Dollar for the Dead (1998) and wrote The Long Kill (1999). Both were westerns. In 2001, Quintano wrote a kung-fu reimagining of The Three Musketeers for director Peter Hyams. The Musketeer was a critical and commercial failure. He wrote a TV movie Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002). His last credit was on the family feature Funky Monkey, which ended up being released straight-to-video, despite its $30 million budget.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Notes • 1981 — Comin' at Ya! — Executive — Role: Pike Thompson • 1983 — Treasure of the Four Crowns — Story — Role: Edmond • 1984 — Making the Grade • 1985 — King Solomon's Mines • 1986 — Police Academy 3: Back in Training • Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold • 1987 — Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol • 1990 — Honeymoon Academy — Direct-to-video • Why Me? • 1993 — Loaded Weapon 1 • 1995 — Operation Dumbo Drop • Sudden Death • 1998 — Dollar for the Dead — TV movie • 1999 — Outlaw Justice • 2001 — The Musketeer • 2004 — Funky Monkey — Second unit director: France TV writer • Year — Title — Notes • 2002 — The Wonderful World of Disney — Episode "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister"