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Thomas Schnauz Biography
Birth Name:Thomas Schnauz
Birth Place:New Jersey, United States
Profession Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
Fast Facts
- In 2012, he won the WGA Award for Dramatic Series
- In 2013, he was nominated for a Producers Guild of America Award for his work on "Breaking Bad․"
- In 2011, he won the AFI Award for TV Program of the Year
- Won the 2012 Writers Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series
- Won the 2014 PGA Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television
- Graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
- While in college, he acted in director Vince Gilligan's student film "Mime Pays․"
Awards
- 2010Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode of the Year: nominated
- 2010INOCA TV-Best Episode of a Drama Series: nominated
- 2010Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2011WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: nominated
- 2011WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2012OFTA Television Award-Best Writing in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2012WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
- 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
- 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
- 2013WGA Award (TV)-Dramatic Series: winner
- 2013WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: 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)-Episodic Drama: nominated
- 2014WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: winner
- 2015PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: winner
- 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2016PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2016Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2016WGA Award (TV)-New Series: nominated
- 2016WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2017PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2017Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2017WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2017WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: 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 Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
- 2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2019WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
- 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2021PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2021WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: nominated
- 2021WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2022Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Episode: nominated
- 2022Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: nominated
- 2022Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2023PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2023Peabody Award-Entertainment: winner
- 2023Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2023WGA Award (TV)-Drama Series: nominated
- 2023WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Drama: winner