Peter Gould
Peter Gould | |
|---|---|
 Peter Gould at the 2018San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Occupation | Television Writer;producer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Sarah Lawrence College(BA) University of Southern California(MFA) |
| Notable works | Breaking Bad Better Call Saul Too Big to Fail |
| Spouse |
Nora Doyle (m.1996) |
Peter Gouldis an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of theAMCdramaBreaking Bad.He was nominated for fourWriters Guild of America (WGA) Awardsfor his work on the series. AfterBreaking Badended, he went on to become the co-creator and co-showrunner, withBreaking BadcreatorVince Gilligan,of the show's spinoff,Better Call Saul.He became the series' sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writers room.
Education
[edit]Gould is a native ofNew York.His parents were both artists and met at art school.[1]Speaking of his education, he admits "I was a bad speller. I had terrible handwriting. Doing papers in school was agonizing for me."[2]He graduated fromSarah Lawrence College[3]in 1982 with aBachelor of Artsdegree in English. In 1990, he graduated from theUniversity of Southern Californiawith aMaster of Fine Arts.[4]
Career
[edit]After graduating from college, he did commercials in New York for a while before entering USC Film School.
In 2008, he joined the writing staff of thefirst seasonofBreaking Badas a story editor. He wrote the first-season episode "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal".[5]The first season writing staff was nominated for theWriters Guild of America (WGA) Awardfor best new series at theFebruary 2009 ceremony.[6][7][8]
Gould was promoted to executive story editor for thesecond season.He wrote the second-season episodes "Bit by a Dead Bee"[9]and "Better Call Saul".[10]The writing staff was nominated for the WGA award for best drama series at theFebruary 2010 ceremonyfor their work on the second season.[11]Gould was promoted to producer for thethird seasonand wrote the episode "Caballo sin Nombre"[12]and co-wrote the episode "Kafkaesque"with fellow producerGeorge Mastras.[13]Gould was promoted again to supervising producer for the fourth season in 2011.
In 2011, he wrote the HBO television filmToo Big to Failbased onAndrew Ross Sorkin's book of the same name chronicling the events of the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers from the point of view of Wall Street CEOs and US government regulators.[14]
With Gilligan, he became co-creator and co-showrunner 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.[15][16]Gould would become the series sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writing staff early in the third season to focus on other projects. This transition had been planned since the show's debut.[17]
The episode "Uno"from the first season ofBetter Call Saulwon the2015 Writers Guild of America awardforBest Dramatic Episodein February 2016.[18]The episode was written by Gould and Gilligan.
In 2017 and 2022,Better Call Saulwas honored with aPeabody Awardfor "developing its own unique tone mi xing legal drama, crime thriller, and dark comedy."[19]
Filmography
[edit]Screenplays
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Double Dragon | Co-writer | Based on thevideo game |
| 2000 | Meeting Daddy | Writer and director | |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Writer | Television film |
Television episodes credits
| Year | Show | Season | Episode number | Episode title | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | 1 | 7 | "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"[5] | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | "Bit by a Dead Bee"[9] | No | Yes | ||
| 8 | "Better Call Saul"[10] | No | Yes | ||||
| 2010 | 3 | 8 | "Caballo sin Nombre"[12] | No | Yes | ||
| 9 | "Kafkaesque"[13] | No | Yes | Co-written withGeorge Mastras | |||
| 12 | "Half Measures" | No | Yes | Co-written withSam Catlin | |||
| 2011 | 4 | 7 | "Problem Dog" | Yes | Yes | ||
| 10 | "Salud" | No | Yes | Co-written withGennifer Hutchison | |||
| 2012 | 5 | 3 | "Hazard Pay" | No | Yes | ||
| 2013 | 9 | "Blood Money" | No | Yes | |||
| 15 | "Granite State" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | 1 | 1 | "Uno" | No | Yes | Co-written withVince Gilligan |
| 2 | "Mijo | No | Yes | ||||
| 10 | "Marco" | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2016 | 2 | 9 | "Nailed" | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | "Mabel" | No | Yes | Co-written with Vince Gilligan | |
| 10 | "Lantern" | Yes | No | ||||
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | "Smoke" | No | Yes | ||
| 10 | "Winner" | No | Yes | Co-written withThomas Schnauz | |||
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | "Magic Man" | No | Yes | ||
| 10 | "Something Unforgivable" | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Ariel Levine | |||
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | "Wine and Roses" | No | Yes | ||
| 13 | "Saul Gone" | Yes | Yes |
Production staff
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | Story editor | Season 1 |
| 2009 | Executive story editor | Season 2 | |
| 2010 | Producer | Season 3 | |
| 2011 | Supervising producer | Season 4 | |
| 2012 | Co-executive producer | Season 5 | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Executive producer | Season 1 |
| 2016 | Season 2 | ||
| 2017 | Season 3 | ||
| 2018 | Season 4 | ||
| 2020 | Season 5 | ||
| 2022 | Season 6 |
References
[edit]- ^Denise Martin (September 23, 2013)."Breaking Bad's Peter Gould Talks 'Granite State'".Vulture.Retrieved10 February2015.
- ^"FROM" BAD "TO" BETTER ": Television writer Peter Gould".14 April 2015.
- ^"News articles from 2013-2014: Merritt Wever '02 and Peter Gould '82 win Emmy awards"(PDF).Sarah Lawrence College.September 23, 2013. p. 10. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on January 7, 2017.Retrieved2017-01-06.
- ^"Trojan Alum-inaries".alumnigroups.usc.edu.University of Southern California.September 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2017-01-06.
- ^abTim Hunter (director), Peter Gould (writer) (2008-03-09). "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type of Deal".Breaking Bad.Season 1. Episode 7. AMC.
- ^"2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced".WGA. 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-12-19.Retrieved2007-12-13.
- ^Perry, Byron (2007-12-12)."WGA announce TV, radio nominees".Variety.Retrieved2007-12-13.
- ^"HBO tops WGA awards list with five noms".The Hollywood Reporter.2007. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-07-06.Retrieved2007-12-13.
- ^abTerry McDonough (director), Peter Gould (writer) (2009-03-22). "Bit by a Dead Bee".Breaking Bad.Season 2. Episode 3. AMC.
- ^abTerry McDonough (director), Peter Gould (writer) (2009-04-26). "Better Call Saul".Breaking Bad.Season 2. Episode 8. AMC.
- ^"2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced".WGA. 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-12-12.Retrieved2008-12-12.
- ^abAdam Bernstein (director), Peter Gould (writer) (2010-03-28). "Caballo Sin Nombre".Breaking Bad.Season 3. Episode 2. AMC.
- ^abMichael Slovis (director), Peter Gould & George Mastras (writers) (2010-05-16). "Kafkaesque".Breaking Bad.Season 3. Episode 9. AMC.
- ^"Too Big to Fail - Interview with Peter Gould".
- ^Rosenfeld, Laura (October 6, 2014)."This 'Better Call Saul' music video gives us a sneak peek of the new series".
- ^Kondolojy, Amanda (February 9, 2015)."'The Walking Dead' Returns to 15.6 Million Viewers + 'Better Call Saul' is Biggest Series Premiere in Cable History ".TV by the Numbers.Archived fromthe originalon February 10, 2015.RetrievedFebruary 9,2015.
- ^Birnbaum, Debra (April 5, 2017)."'Better Call Saul's' 'Breaking' Point: How It's Gearing Up for Gus Fring ".Variety.Archivedfrom the original on July 22, 2020.RetrievedFebruary 16,2022.
- ^McNary, Dave (13 February 2016)."WGA Honors 'Big Short,' 'Spotlight,' 'Mad Men' at 68th Awards".Variety.Retrieved14 February2016.
- ^"Peabody Awards: Better Call Saul".Peabody Awards.RetrievedJanuary 17,2019.
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