Peter Gould

Peter Gould Biography

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. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 1990, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Fine Arts.

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". The first season writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for best new series at the February 2009 ceremony.

Gould was promoted to executive story editor for the second season. He wrote the second-season episodes "Bit by a Dead Bee" and "Better Call Saul". 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. Gould was promoted to producer for the third season and wrote the episode "Caballo Sin Nombre" and co-wrote the episode "Kafkaesque" with fellow producer George Mastras. 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.

The episode "Uno" from the first season of Better Call Saul won the 2015 Writers Guild of America award for Best Dramatic Episode in February 2016. The episode was written by Gould and Gilligan.

Filmography

Screenplays

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1994	Double Dragon	Co-writer	Based on the video game
2000	Meeting Daddy	Writer and director
2011	Too Big to Fail	Writer	Television film

Production staff

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2016	Better Call Saul	Executive producer	Season 2
2015	Better Call Saul	Executive producer	Season 1
2013	Breaking Bad	Co-Executive producer	Season 5
2012		Co-Executive producer	Season 5
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
2016	Better Call Saul	2	"Nailed"	9	Also directed
2015		1	"Marco"	10	Also directed
			"Mijo"	2
			"Uno"	1	Co-written with Vince Gilligan
2013	Breaking Bad	5	"Granite State"	15	Also directed
2013			"Blood Money"	9
2012			"Hazard Pay"	3
2011		4	"Salud"	10	Co-written with Gennifer Hutchison
2011		4	"Problem Dog"	7	Also directed
2010		3	"Half Measures"	12	Co-written with Sam Catlin
			"Kafkaesque"	9	Co-written with George Mastras
			"Caballo Sin Nombre"	2
2009		2	"Better Call Saul"	8
2009		2	"Bit by a Dead Bee"	3
2008		1	"A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"	7

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