Guy Gallo was born and raised in New Orleans and has lived in the Northeast since escaping soon after high school.  He began his writing career as a playwright:  Failing (1977), Rain in Lent (1979) and Peter and Wendy (1981).  He then took a hectic sojourn in the land of film, writing several screenplays, including Under the Volcano (1984) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985).  His poetry and fiction have been published in BOMB and the Mississippi Review. 

He teaches screenwriting at Columbia University and Barnard College.

His blog, Screenwriter's Compass, is a collection of thoughts about writing, Hollywood, and surviving both. 

His most recent screenplay, The Last Christmas, was written in collaboration with Jeannine Dominy, his wife.

His most recent plays are Passage and Still Life with Nude and God and Sex.

He is also the author of a set of tools for writers called Wright Works.