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Peter Gould Biography
Birth Name:Peter Gould
Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States
Profession Producer, Writer, Director, Script department
Fast Facts
- Was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on "Breaking Bad․"
- Studied filmmaking at the University of Southern California's graduate film program
- Began his filmmaking career in college, where he wrote his Nissan Focus Award-winning student film "Dirty Little Secrets․"
- Quote: "I think in a lot of ways Breaking Bad is an accident of history that it arrived when it did ․․․ They said we hit our ceiling in Season 2 and that people wouldn't catch up․ We found out that logic, that truism, that rule just doesn't hold anymore․"
- Quote: "[on "Breaking Bad"] "Our offices were in the ugliest building in Burbank, California ․․․ But when you sat down around the table, it didn't feel like you were in this lousy office around a table․ It felt like you were watching the show․""
- Wrote the screenplay for the HBO film "Too Big to Fail," about the damage done to the world's financial system, in 2011
- Best known as a writer and co-executive producer for "Breaking Bad" and co-showrunner of "Better Call Saul․"
Awards
- 2009WGA Award (TV)-New Series: nominated
- 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2010WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2011Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: nominated
- 2011WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: nominated
- 2011WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2012OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2012OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2012WGA Award (TV)-Long Form - Adapted: winner
- 2012WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: winner
- 2013OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2013OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Drama Series: winner
- 2013PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
- 2013WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: winner
- 2014OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2014OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2014PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: winner
- 2014Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
- 2014WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: winner
- 2014WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
- 2015PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: winner
- 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2016Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode of the Year: nominated
- 2016PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2016WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2016WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: winner
- 2016WGA Award (TV)-New Series: nominated
- 2017PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2017WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2018WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: nominated
- 2019INOCA TV-Best Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
- 2019PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
- 2019WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2021PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2021WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2021WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
- 2022Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2023Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
- 2023PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2023Peabody Award-Entertainment: winner
- 2023Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2023Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
- 2023WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated