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Vince Gilligan Biography
Birth Name:
George Vincent Gilligan Jr.
Birth Place:
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Profession
Writer, director, producer
Fast Facts
- Lived with his mother and his brother following his parents' divorce in 1974
- Started dabbling with filmmaking in elementary school after his art teacher gave him a Super 8 camera
- Made his first film, Space Wreck, when he was 12
- Claimed first prize at a film competition at the University of Virginia when he was 13
- Earned a scholarship to the Interlochen Arts Academy, a prestigious boarding school in Michigan, and spent eighth grade there
- After graduating from NYU, he won the Virginia Governor's Screenwriting Competition for a script titled Home Fries, which later became a full-length film
- Became a protégé of Rain Man producer Mark Johnson, who helped Gilligan become a writer for The X-Files
- Pitched Breaking Bad to several networks and was continuously rejected before AMC signed it
- A certified free-fall skydiver
Awards
- 2021Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: nominated
- 2020Emmy-Outstanding Television Movie: nominated
- 2020Writers Guild Awards-Long Form Adapted: nominated
- 2020Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2019Directors Guild of America Awards-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series: nominated
- 2019Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: nominated
- 2019Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2019Producers Guild Awards-Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2018Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: nominated
- 2017Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: nominated
- 2017Producers Guild Awards-Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2017Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2016Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2016Producers Guild Awards-Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2016Writers Guild Awards-New Series: nominated
- 2016Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: nominated
- 2015Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2015Producers Guild Awards-Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: winner
- 2014Producers Guild Awards-Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: winner
- 2014Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: winner
- 2014Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
- 2014BAFTA Television Awards-Best International: winner
- 2013Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: winner
- 2013Producers Guild Awards-Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2013Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: winner
- 2012Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: winner
- 2012Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2011Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: nominated
- 2011Producers Guild Awards-Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2010Writers Guild Awards-Drama Series: nominated
- 2010Producers Guild Awards-Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: nominated
- 2010Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 2009Writers Guild Awards-New Series: nominated
- 2009Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 1998Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
- 1997Emmy-Outstanding Drama Series: nominated
Relationships
- Patrick Gilligan -- Brother
- George Vincent GIlligan Sr. -- Father
- Gail Gilligan -- Mother
- Holly Rice -- Significant Other