Scott M. Gimple Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 2012 Bram Stoker Award for writing the "Pretty Much Dead Already" episode of "The Walking Dead․"
• Was nominated for a 2012 Bram Stoker Award for writing the "Save the Last One" episode of "The Walking Dead․"
• In 2014, he was nominated for an Online Film & Television Association Television Award for Best Writing in a Drama Series along with other writers for "The Walking Dead․"
• Graduated with a film degree from the University of Southern California
• His first job in prime-time television was as a staff writer on Fox's "Drive․"
• Worked as an intern at Marvel Comics before his career took off
• Worked for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics as an assistant editor, where he wrote "Simpsons Comics․"
• A longtime admirer of comic books, he co-crated Heroes Anonymous with Bill Morrison
• Gained widespread prominence after joining AMC's "The Walking Dead" in its second season as a producer and writer and would eventually be named showrunner by 2013
• Scripted a five-issue Punisher miniseries for Marvel Comics called "Punisher: Nightmare․"