Peter Gould (writer)


Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama Breaking Bad. He was nominated for four Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the series. He is currently the co-creator and co-showrunner, with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, of the show's spinoff, Better Call Saul.

Education

Gould is a native of New York, his parents were both artists and had met at art school. Speaking of his education, he admits "I was a bad speller. I had terrible handwriting. Doing papers in school was agonizing for me." He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. In 1990, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Fine Arts.

Career

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 the first season of Breaking Bad as a story editor. He wrote the first-season episode "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal". The first season writing staff was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for best new series at the February 2009 ceremony.
Gould was promoted to executive story editor for the second season. He wrote the second-season episodes "Bit by a Dead Bee" and "Better Call Saul". The writing staff was nominated for the WGA award for best drama series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the second season. Gould was promoted to producer for the third season and wrote the episode "Caballo sin Nombre" and co-wrote the episode "Kafkaesque" with fellow producer George Mastras. Gould was promoted again to supervising producer for the fourth season in 2011.
In 2011 he wrote the HBO television film Too Big to Fail based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's book of the same time 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.
With Gilligan, he is currently co-showrunner and co-writer 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.
The episode "Uno" from the first season of Better Call Saul won the 2015 Writers Guild of America award for in February 2016. The episode was written by Gould and Gilligan.
In 2018, Better Call Saul was honored with a Peabody Award for "developing its own unique tone mixing legal drama, crime thriller, and dark comedy."

Filmography

Screenplays
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Double DragonCo-writerBased on the video game
2000Meeting DaddyWriter and director
2011Too Big to FailWriterTelevision film

Production staff
YearShowRoleNotes
2020Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 5
2018Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 4
2017Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 3
2016Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 2
2015Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 1
2013Breaking BadCo-executive producerSeason 5
2012Breaking BadCo-executive producerSeason 5
2011Breaking BadSupervising producerSeason 4
2010Breaking BadProducerSeason 3
2009Breaking BadExecutive story editorSeason 2
2008Breaking BadStory editorSeason 1

Writer
YearShowSeasonEpisode titleEpisodeNotes
2020Better Call Saul5"Something Unforgivable"10Also directed
Co-written with Ariel Levine
2020Better Call Saul5"Magic Man"1
2018Better Call Saul4"Winner"10Co-written with Thomas Schnauz
2018Better Call Saul4"Smoke"1
2017Better Call Saul3"Lantern"10Director only
2017Better Call Saul3"Mabel"1Co-written with Vince Gilligan
2016Better Call Saul2"Nailed"9Also directed
2015Better Call Saul1"Marco"10Also directed
2015Better Call Saul1"Mijo"2
2015Better Call Saul1"Uno"1Co-written with Vince Gilligan
2013Breaking Bad5"Granite State"15Also directed
2013Breaking Bad5"Blood Money"9
2012Breaking Bad5"Hazard Pay"3
2011Breaking Bad4"Salud"10Co-written with Gennifer Hutchison
2011Breaking Bad4"Problem Dog"7Also directed
2010Breaking Bad3"Half Measures"12Co-written with Sam Catlin
2010Breaking Bad3"Kafkaesque"9Co-written with George Mastras
2010Breaking Bad3"Caballo sin Nombre"2
2009Breaking Bad2"Better Call Saul"8
2009Breaking Bad2"Bit by a Dead Bee"3
2008Breaking Bad1"A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"7