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 Gould in 2018 | |
| Born | New York City, U.S. |
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| Spouse | Nora Doyle |
| Children | 1 |
Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of theAMC dramaBreaking Bad, and was nominated for fourWriters Guild of America (WGA) Awards for his work on the series. AfterBreaking Bad ended, he went on to become the co-creator and co-showrunner, withBreaking Bad creatorVince Gilligan, of the show's spinoff,Better Call Saul. He became the series' sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writers room.
Gould was born inNew York City.[1] In 1978, Gould graduated from theLawrenceville School, a private preparatory school in New Jersey,[2] before enteringSarah Lawrence College, earning aBachelor of Arts degree in English in 1982.[3] In 1990, he graduated from theUniversity of Southern California with aMaster of Fine Arts.[4]
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 season ofBreaking Bad as 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) Award for 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 ceremony for their work on the second season.[11] Gould was promoted to producer for thethird season and 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 Fail based 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 Saul won the2015 Writers Guild of America award forBest Dramatic Episode in February 2016.[18] The episode was written by Gould and Gilligan.
In 2017 and 2022,Better Call Saul was honored with aPeabody Award for "developing its own unique tone mixing legal drama, crime thriller, and dark comedy."[19]
Gould and his wife Nora Doyle have one child, a daughter, together.[20][21]
Screenplays
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 2 | "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 |
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| 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 | |
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| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Executive producer | Season 1 |
| 2016 | Season 2 | ||
| 2017 | Season 3 | ||
| 2018 | Season 4 | ||
| 2020 | Season 5 | ||
| 2022 | Season 6 | ||
| 2025 | Pluribus | Consulting producer | Season 1 |
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