Peter Gould (writer)

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For the geographer and academic, see Peter Gould (professor).
Peter Gould
Born New York, N.Y.
Occupation Television Writer; producer
Nationality American
Education BA (1982); MFA (1990)
Alma mater Sarah Lawrence College, University of Southern California
Notable works Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Too Big To Fail
Spouse Nora Doyle (m. 1996)

Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama Breaking Bad. He had been nominated for four Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for his work on the series. He is currently working with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan on the show's spinoff, Better Call Saul.

Education

Gould is a native of New York.[1] He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[2] In 1990, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Fine Arts.[3]

Career

In 2008, he joined the writing staff of the first season of Breaking Bad as a story editor. He wrote the first season episode "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal".[4] The first season writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for best new series at the February 2009 ceremony.[5][6][7]

Gould was promoted to executive story editor for the second season. He wrote the second season episodes "Bit by a Dead Bee"[8] and "Better Call Saul".[9] The writing staff were nominated for the WGA award for best drama series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the second season.[10] Gould was promoted to producer for the third season and wrote the episode "Caballo Sin Nombre"[11] and co-wrote the episode "Kafkaesque" with fellow producer George Mastras.[12] Gould was promoted again to supervising producer for the fourth season in 2011.

With Gilligan, he is currently co-showrunner and co-writer of the spinoff series, Better Call Saul. The show debuted on February 8, 2015, and was the highest-rated cable television series premiere to date.[13][14]

Filmography

Production staff

Year Show Role Notes
2015 Better Call Saul Executive producer Season 1
2013 Breaking Bad Co-Executive producer Season 5
2012
2011 Supervising producer Season 4
2010 Producer Season 3
2009 Executive story editor Season 2
2008 Story editor Season 1

Writer

Year Show Season Episode title Episode Notes
2015 Better Call Saul 1 "Marco" 10 Also directed
"Mijo" 2
"Uno" 1 Co-written with Vince Gilligan
2013 Breaking Bad 5 "Granite State" 15 Also directed
"Blood Money" 9
2012 "Hazard Pay" 3
2011 4 "Salud" 10 Co-written with Gennifer Hutchison
"Problem Dog" 7 Also directed
2010 3 "Half Measures" 12 Co-written with Sam Catlin
"Kafkaesque"[12] 9 Co-written with George Mastras
"Caballo Sin Nombre"[11] 2
2009 2 "Better Call Saul"[9] 8
"Bit by a Dead Bee"[8] 3
2008 1 "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"[4] 7

References

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