:Vince Gilligan
{{Short description|American screenwriter and filmmaker (born 1967)}}
{{For|the country music artist|Vince Gill}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vince Gilligan
| image = Vince Gilligan by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
| caption = Gilligan in July 2018
| birth_name = George Vincent Gilligan Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|2|10}}
| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
| alma_mater = New York University (BFA)
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
- Screenwriter
- filmmaker
}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Holly Rice|2022}}
| awards = Full list
}}
George Vincent Gilligan Jr. (born February 10, 1967) is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He is best known as the creator, primary writer, executive producer, and occasional director of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul (2015–2022). He also wrote, directed, and produced the Breaking Bad sequel film El Camino (2019).
Gilligan's other work includes writing, directing, and producing some episodes of the Fox science fiction series The X-Files (1993–2002) and co-creating its spin-off series The Lone Gunmen (2001), as well as co-writing the screenplay for the superhero film Hancock (2008). His numerous accolades include four Primetime Emmy Awards, six Writers Guild of America Awards, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, two Producers Guild of America Awards, a Directors Guild of America Award, and a BAFTA Television Award.
Early life
George Vincent Gilligan Jr. was born in Richmond, Virginia, on February 10, 1967,{{cite web|url=http://www.chesterfieldmonthly.com/family/our-man-in-hollywood |title=Our Man in Hollywood |work=Chesterfield Monthly |last=McConnell |first=Jim |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130926012322/http://www.chesterfieldmonthly.com/family/our-man-in-hollywood |archive-date=September 26, 2013}} the son of grade school teacher Gail and insurance claims adjuster George Vincent Gilligan Sr.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/magazine/the-dark-art-of-breaking-bad.html?pagewanted=all |title=The Dark Art of 'Breaking Bad' |last=Segal |first=David |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2013 }} He was raised Catholic but would later describe himself as "pretty much agnostic".{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/magazine/the-dark-art-of-breaking-bad.html?pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | first=David | last=Segal | title=The Dark Art of 'Breaking Bad' | date=July 6, 2011 |url-access=limited}} His parents divorced in 1974. He and his younger brother Patrick were raised in Farmville and Chesterfield County, where they attended J.P. Wynne Campus School, the laboratory school run by Longwood College, now Longwood University, where their mother also taught; Gilligan would later use the J.P. Wynne name for the fictional high school where Walter White teaches in Breaking Bad.[http://www.amctv.com/shows/breaking-bad/crew/vince-gilligan "Breaking Bad Biography"] AMC June 29, 2013{{YouTube|id=d9pyXx5Wu-o |title="Breaking Bad" Creator Vince Gilligan Congratulates Longwood University}}
Growing up, Gilligan became best friends with future film editor and film title designer Angus Wall. His interest in film began when Wall's mother Jackie, who also taught alongside Gilligan's mother at J.P. Wynne, would lend her Super 8 film cameras to him. He used the camera to make science fiction films with Patrick.{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondmagazine.com/articles/bad-man-06-28-2011.html?page=1 |title=Bad Man |author= Foster, Richard |publisher=Richmond Magazine |date=July 2011 |access-date=September 20, 2013 }} One of his first films was entitled Space Wreck, starring Patrick in the lead role. One year later, he won first prize for his age group in a film competition at the University of Virginia. Jackie would take Wall and Gilligan to Richmond and drop them off at Cloverleaf Mall to see films, encouraging both of them to pursue a career in the arts. Gilligan later said, "I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren't for Jackie. She was a wonderful lady and a real inspiration."
Gilligan was recognized for his talents and creativity at an early age. His father described him as a "kind of a studious-type young man, and he liked to read, and he had a vivid imagination". He introduced Gilligan to film noir classics, as well as John Wayne and Clint Eastwood Westerns on late-night television. Gilligan won a scholarship to attend the prestigious Interlochen Center for the Arts. After eighth grade, he moved back to Chesterfield to attend Lloyd C. Bird High School. After graduating in 1985, he went on to attend NYU's Tisch School of the Arts on a scholarship, receiving a BFA in film production.[http://www.mahalo.com/vince-gilligan "Biography at Mahalo"] November 25, 2009. While at NYU, he wrote the screenplay for Home Fries and received the Virginia Governor's Screenwriting Award in 1989 for the screenplay, which was later turned into a film. One of the judges of the competition was film producer Mark Johnson, who was impressed by Gilligan and called him "the most imaginative writer" he had ever read. Gilligan also studied holography under Jason Sapan at Holographic Studios in New York City.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/27/new-york-s-holograph-king-is-also-the-city-s-last-holographer|title=New York's Hologram King Is Also the City's Last Pro Holographer|first=Nina|last=Strochlic|newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=May 27, 2014|via=www.thedailybeast.com}}
Career
= ''The X-Files'' and ''The Lone Gunmen'' =
{{Main|The X-Files (franchise)}}
Gilligan's big break came when he joined the Fox television drama The X-Files. Gilligan was a fan of the show, and submitted a script to Fox which became the second-season episode "Soft Light".{{Cite book |title=The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files |first=Brian |last=Lowry |publisher=Harper Prism |year=1995 |isbn=0-06-105330-9| pages=219–221}} He went on to write 29 more episodes, in addition to being co-executive producer of 44 episodes, executive producer of 40, co-producer of 24, and supervising producer of 20. He also co-created and became executive producer of The X-Files spin-off series The Lone Gunmen. The series only ran for one season of 13 episodes.
= ''Breaking Bad'', ''Better Call Saul'' and ''El Camino'' =
{{Main|Breaking Bad (franchise)}}
Gilligan created, wrote, directed, and produced the AMC drama series Breaking Bad. He created the series with the premise that the hero would become the villain. "Television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis so that shows can go on for years or even decades", he said. "When I realized this, the logical next step was to think, how can I do a show in which the fundamental drive is toward change?"{{cite web|last=Klosterman|first=Chuck|title=Bad Decisions |url=http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6763000/bad-decisions|work=Grantland|date=July 12, 2011 |access-date=July 17, 2011}} He added that his goal with Walter White was to turn him from "Mr. Chips into Scarface".{{cite news |last=Bowles |first=Scott |title='Breaking Bad' Shows Man at His Worst in Season 4 |work=USA Today |date=July 13, 2011 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2011-07-12-breaking-bad-season-4_n.htm |access-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718011532/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2011-07-12-breaking-bad-season-4_n.htm |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |url-status=live }} While pitching the show to studios, Gilligan was initially discouraged when he learned of the existing series Weeds and its similarities to the premise of Breaking Bad. While his producers convinced him that the show was different enough to still be successful, he later stated that he would not have gone forward with the idea had he known about Weeds earlier.{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/17/vince-gilligan-breaking-bad_n_1679038.html |title=Vince Gilligan Talks 'Breaking Bad' Beginnings, 'Weeds' |work=Huffington Post |date=July 17, 2012 |access-date=October 23, 2012}}
Breaking Bad received widespread critical acclaim and has been praised by many critics as being among the greatest television dramas of all time. Gilligan has been awarded numerous times for writing, directing, and producing the series. The Writers Guild of America has awarded him four times in straight succession, from 2012 to 2014; three as a part of the Breaking Bad writing team and one individually for writing the episode "Box Cutter".{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4816|title=2012 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced|publisher=wga.org|access-date=February 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222040902/http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=4816|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/02/18/2013-wga-awards-the-complete-list-of-winners/|title= 2013 WGA Awards Winners Complete List|publisher=Time |date= February 18, 2013|access-date=February 10, 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wga-awards-2014-winners-676344|title= WGA Awards 2014 Winners Complete List|publisher=hollywoodreporter.com |access-date=February 10, 2014}} He also received two Primetime Emmys in 2013 and 2014 for producing the show. In 2014, he won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for directing the finale of Breaking Bad, "Felina".{{cite web|url=http://www.dga.org/Awards/History/2010s/2013.aspx|title= 66th Annual DGA Awards|publisher=dga.org |access-date=February 10, 2014}}
In September 2013, Sony Pictures Television announced a deal with AMC to produce a Breaking Bad spin-off prequel entitled Better Call Saul, to focus on character Saul Goodman from the original series, before he became Walter White{{'}}s lawyer, and to star Bob Odenkirk reprising his role as the title character.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/09/better-call-saul.html|title=Better Call Saul! Breaking Bad's Spinoff Series|last=Arons|first=Rachel|date=September 12, 2013|magazine=The New Yorker|publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=October 2, 2013}} Gilligan co-created the series with Breaking Bad writer Peter Gould, with both of them acting as showrunners. The first episode, which Gilligan directed and co-wrote, premiered on February 8, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/09/the-walking-dead-returns-to-15-6-million-viewers-better-call-saul-is-biggest-series-premiere-in-cable-history/361195/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210011146/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/09/the-walking-dead-returns-to-15-6-million-viewers-better-call-saul-is-biggest-series-premiere-in-cable-history/361195/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |title='The Walking Dead' Returns to 15.6 Million Viewers + 'Better Call Saul' is Biggest Series Premiere in Cable History |work=TV by the Numbers |first=Amanda |last=Kondolojy |date=February 9, 2015 |access-date=March 3, 2016}} He would leave the Better Call Saul writing staff early in the third season to focus on other projects, resulting in Gould becoming sole showrunner. This transition had been planned since the show's debut.{{Cite web |last=Birnbaum |first=Debra |date=April 5, 2017 |title='Better Call Saul's' 'Breaking' Point: How It's Gearing Up for Gus Fring |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/features/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-gus-fring-giancarlo-esposito-1202022793/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722135831/https://variety.com/2017/tv/features/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-gus-fring-giancarlo-esposito-1202022793/ |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=Variety}} Gilligan remained involved in Better Call Saul{{'}}s production in a reduced role, directing episodes in the fourth and fifth seasons, before returning to the writers room in the sixth.{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Drew |date=October 4, 2018 |title='Better Call Saul' 4x9 Recap: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/drewgrant/2018/10/04/better-call-saul-4x9-recap-so-long-farewell-auf-wiedersehen-adieu/#632a8f3914f9 |work=Forbes |location=New York, NY |access-date=February 19, 2022 |archive-date=February 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219001911/https://www.forbes.com/sites/drewgrant/2018/10/04/better-call-saul-4x9-recap-so-long-farewell-auf-wiedersehen-adieu/#632a8f3914f9 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=April 6, 2020 |title='Better Call Saul' Co-Creator Vince Gilligan on Directing the Most Challenging Episode of His Career |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/better-call-saul-vince-gilligan-recap-episode-8-1234572360/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407032114/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/better-call-saul-vince-gilligan-recap-episode-8-1234572360/ |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |access-date=April 6, 2020 |website=Variety}}{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=April 21, 2020 |title=Better Call Saul Co-Creator Peter Gould on That Explosive Season Finale and How Kim May Be Breaking Bad |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/better-call-saul-season-5-finale-recap-peter-gould-1234585484/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422080044/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/better-call-saul-season-5-finale-recap-peter-gould-1234585484/ |archive-date=April 22, 2020}}
In July 2018, it was announced that Gilligan had agreed to stay with Sony TV on a new three-year deal.{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/breaking-bad-creator-vince-gilligan-staying-at-sony-tv-with-new-three-year-deal/ |title='Breaking Bad' Creator Vince Gilligan Staying at Sony TV With New Three-Year Deal |publisher=thewrap.com |date=July 16, 2018 |access-date=July 17, 2018}} His deal via his High Bridge Productions company was renewed in 2021.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=July 12, 2021|title=Vince Gilligan Inks New Four-Year Overall Deal With Sony Pictures Television|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/vince-gilligan-new-four-year-overall-deal-sony-pictures-television-better-call-saul-1234790722/|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}
Gilligan quietly developed the script for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, which wraps up the story of Jesse Pinkman following the events of "Felina", Breaking Bad{{'s}} finale, ahead of the show's tenth anniversary. Gilligan subsequently led its direction and filming. The movie was released in a limited theatrical screening and on Netflix in October 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/7/18072070/breaking-bad-spinoff-film-vince-gilligan-greenbriar|title=Vince Gilligan is writing a Breaking Bad sequel film starring Aaron Paul |work=The Verge |first=Megan |last=Farokhmanesh |date=November 7, 2018 |access-date=June 29, 2019}}
{{anchor|Gilliverse}}
Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and El Camino, along with various short-form web series associated with these series, have been described informally by the shows' staff and fans as the "Gilliverse".{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2020/08/better-call-saul-ep-melissa-bernstein-employee-training-emmys-amc-interview-news-1203013589/ | title = 'Better Call Saul' EP Melissa Bernstein On 'Legal Ethics' Short-Form Series, "Sewing Up" Saul Goodman's Story & Getting "Complicated Show" Back On Set Amidst Pandemic | first = Matt | last = Grobar | date = August 18, 2020 | accessdate = May 21, 2022 | work = Deadline Hollywood }} Following the broadcast run of Better Call Saul, Gilligan said he does not plan to create any more works related to Breaking Bad.{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2022/08/vince-gilligan-better-call-saul-will-likely-be-last-show-breaking-bad-universe-1235089406/ | title = Vince Gilligan Says 'Better Call Saul' Will Be Last Show In 'Breaking Bad' Universe: "You Can't Keep Putting All Your Money On Red 21" – TCA | first = Peter | last = White | date = August 10, 2022 | accessdate = August 10, 2022 | work = Deadline Hollywood }}
= ''Battle Creek'' =
{{Main|Battle Creek (TV series)}}
In September 2013, Sony struck a deal with CBS to produce a new television series created by Gilligan and David Shore entitled Battle Creek. Based on a script written by Gilligan ten years prior, the show follows the partnership of two police detectives who must compete with a seemingly-perfect FBI agent. Gilligan co-wrote the first episode with Shore, the showrunner of the series.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/business/media/breaking-bad-creator-gilligan-in-deal-for-cbs-show-battle-creek.html|title='Breaking Bad' Creator Gilligan in Deal for CBS Show, 'Battle Creek'|last=Carter|first=Bill|date=September 25, 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 2, 2013}} CBS ordered thirteen episodes and the series aired on CBS starting March 1, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/05/cbs-announces-march-premiere-dates-for-battle-creek-and-csi-cyber/335798/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217073635/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/05/cbs-announces-march-premiere-dates-for-battle-creek-and-csi-cyber/335798/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 17, 2014|title=CBS Announces March Premiere Dates for 'Battle Creek' and 'CSI: Cyber'|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|date=December 5, 2014|access-date=December 5, 2014}} CBS decided not to renew the series for a second season.{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-cancels-vince-gilligans-battle-794524 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | title=CBS Cancels Vince Gilligan's 'Battle Creek,' 'Stalker' | date=May 8, 2015}}
= ''Wycaro'' =
{{Main|Untitled Vince Gilligan TV series}}
After Better Call Saul finished its run, Gilligan worked on a new show, a science fiction genre piece that has been compared to The X-Files and The Twilight Zone.{{cite web | url= https://deadline.com/2022/08/vince-gilligan-new-drama-series-genre-better-call-saul-followup-x-files-1235089196/ | title = Vince Gilligan Prepping New Series; 'Better Call Saul' Followup About To Hit TV Marketplace With A Bang | first = Nellie | last = Andreeva| date = August 10, 2022 | accessdate = August 10, 2022 | work = Deadline Hollywood }} The show, Wycaro, received a two-season order from Apple TV+ in September 2022, with confirmation that Rhea Seehorn, who played Kim Wexler on Better Call Saul, would be in a starring role.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/vince-gilligan-next-series-rhea-seehorn-star-apple-tv-plus-two-season-order-1235124488/ | title=Vince Gilligan's Next Series Starring Rhea Seehorn Lands at Apple TV+ with Two-Season Order | date=September 22, 2022 }}{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Lexy |date=January 15, 2024 |title=Rhea Seehorn Teases New Series With 'Better Call Saul' Boss Vince Gilligan |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/better-call-saul-rhea-seehorn-series-vince-gilligan-show-1235788830/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
= Other work =
== Film ==
Gilligan first had a screenplay produced in 1993 for the romantic comedy film Wilder Napalm. While working on The X-Files, one of Gilligan's early screenplays was produced in 1998 as a film, Home Fries, which starred Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson.{{cite web|last1=Boone|first1=Christopher|title=Vince Gilligan: From Breaking In to 'Breaking Bad' at the 20th Austin Film Festival|url=http://nofilmschool.com/2013/10/vince-gilligan-breaking-bad-20th-austin-film-festival|website=No Film School|access-date=March 3, 2016|date=October 28, 2013}} He also rewrote the screenplay for the 2008 Will Smith film Hancock, which was originally written by Vincent Ngo.{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Cieply |title=A Man of Steel With Feet of Clay |work=The New York Times |date=May 4, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/movies/moviesspecial/04ciep.html?_r=3&ref=movies&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin |access-date=May 7, 2008}}
== Television ==
Gilligan was hired by The X-Files creator Chris Carter to be a consulting producer on his new series Harsh Realm. After The X-Files, Gilligan wrote an episode of the short lived police procedural series Robbery Homicide Division and an episode of the ABC series Night Stalker. Gilligan made his acting debut in 2014 in "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing", the ninth episode of the fifth season of NBC's comedy series Community. He plays a cheesy actor hosting "Pile of Bullets", a fictional 1990s VCR-based video game.{{cite web|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|title='Breaking Bad' Creator Vince Gilligan's Next Project: An Appearance on 'Community'|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/breaking-bad-creator-vince-gilligans-next-project-an-appearance-on-community/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|website=ArtsBeat|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=March 3, 2016|date=March 12, 2014}}
== Unrealized projects ==
In 2007, Gilligan and fellow The X-Files producer Frank Spotnitz wrote a sci-fi pilot entitled A.M.P.E.D., which was not picked up for a full series.
In 2016, it was announced that Gilligan would be developing an HBO limited miniseries about Jim Jones and the 1978 Jonestown tragedy. The series would be based on the 1982 non-fiction book Raven, and would be co-produced by Octavia Spencer and Gilligan's longtime collaborator Michelle MacLaren.{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=September 9, 2016|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jonestown-drama-vince-gilligan-octavia-927002/|title=Jonestown Drama From Vince Gilligan, Octavia Spencer and Michelle MacLaren Set at HBO|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 17, 2024}} However, in 2018, Gilligan said that he had slowed down on developing the project.{{cite news|last=Keene|first=Allison|date=July 2, 2018|url=https://collider.com/better-call-saul-season-4-vince-gilligan-patrick-fabian-interview//|title='Better Call Saul': Vince Gilligan on Season 4's 'Breaking Bad' Connections|work=Collider|access-date=January 17, 2024}}
Personal life
Gilligan has been in a relationship with Holly Rice since 1991, and in 2022 referred to her as his wife.{{cite podcast |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpGPX_Lj64 |title=Inside The Gilliverse - S3E15 Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould - Concluding BCS |website=YouTube |publisher= |host=Broadbent, Eric |date=5 August 2022 |time=10:47 |access-date=7 August 2022}} They have no children.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
Raised Catholic, he identifies as an agnostic. Gilligan has proclaimed that he found both fundamental Christianity and atheism "hard to wrap my head around".{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/magazine/the-dark-art-of-breaking-bad.html?pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | first=David | last=Segal | title=The Dark Art of 'Breaking Bad' | date=July 6, 2011 |url-access=limited}}
Filmography
File:Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul cropped.jpg in June 2010]]
= Film =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Producer ! Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 1998
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2008
| Hancock | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no wrap|Co-written with }} Vincent Ngo |
| 2019
| El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Creator ! Director ! Writer ! Executive producer ! Notes |
|---|
| 1995–2002
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Also creative consultant, consulting producer, co-executive producer and co-producer |
| 1999–2000
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes|Consulting}} | |
| 2001
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Co-created with Chris Carter, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz |
| 2002
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2005
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2007
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Pilot |
| 2008–2013
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2015–2022
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Co-created with Peter Gould |
| 2015
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Co-created with David Shore |
| {{TBA}}
| Untitled Vince Gilligan TV series | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Upcoming series |
== Television episode credits ==
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||||
| Year | Show | Season | Episode number | Episode title | Director | Writer | Original airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995
| rowspan="27" | The X-Files | 2 |23 | "Soft Light" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | May 5, 1995 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| 3 | 17 | "Pusher" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | February 23, 1996 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="5" | 4
| 4 | "Unruhe" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | October 27, 1996 | | ||||||||
| 10
| "Paper Hearts" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | December 15, 1996 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="6" | 1997
| 12 | "Leonard Betts" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | January 26, 1997 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 14
| "Memento Mori" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | February 9, 1997 | Co-written with Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz and John Shiban | ||||||||
| 20
| "Small Potatoes" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | April 20, 1997 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="6" | 5
| 3 | "Unusual Suspects" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | November 16, 1997 | | ||||||||
| 6
| "Christmas Carol" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | December 7, 1997 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 7
| "Emily" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | December 14, 1997 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| rowspan="6" | 1998
| 8 | "Kitsunegari" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | January 4, 1998 | Co-written with Tim Minear | ||||||||
| 12
| "Bad Blood" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | February 22, 1998 | | ||||||||
| 19
| "Folie a Deux" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | May 10, 1998 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="7" | 6
| 2 | "Drive" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | November 15, 1998 | | ||||||||
| 4
| "Dreamland" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | November 29, 1998 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 5
| "Dreamland II" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | December 6, 1998 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| rowspan="6" | 1999
| 10 | "Tithonus" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | January 24, 1999 | | ||||||||
| 14
| "Monday" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | February 28, 1999 | Co-written with John Shiban | ||||||||
| 20
| "Three of a Kind" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | May 2, 1999 | Co-written with John Shiban | ||||||||
| 21
| "Field Trip" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | May 9, 1999 | Teleplay co-written with John Shiban (story by Frank Spotnitz) | ||||||||
| rowspan="6" | 7
| 3 | "Hungry" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | November 21, 1999 | | ||||||||
| 4
| "Millennium" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | November 28, 1999 | Co-written with Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| rowspan="5" | 2000
| 8 |{{no}} |{{yes}} | January 16, 2000 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 12
| "X-Cops" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | February 20, 2000 | | ||||||||
| 14
| "Theef" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | March 12, 2000 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 21
| "Je Souhaite" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | May 14, 2000 | | ||||||||
| 8
| 4 | "Roadrunners" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | November 26, 2000 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="6" | 2001
| rowspan="6" | The Lone Gunmen | rowspan="6" | 1 | 1 | "Pilot" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | March 4, 2001 | Co-written with Chris Carter, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 2
| "Bond, Jimmy Bond" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | March 11, 2001 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 7
| "Planet of the Frohikes" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | April 6, 2001 | | ||||||||
| 8
| "Maximum Byers" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | April 13, 2001 | Co-written with Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 12
| "All About Yves" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | May 11, 2001 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 13
| "The Cap'n Toby Show" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | June 1, 2001 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2002
| rowspan="3" | The X-Files | rowspan="3" | 9 | 7 | "John Doe" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | January 13, 2002 | | ||||||||
| 15
| "Jump the Shark" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | April 21, 2002 | Co-written with John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| 18
| "Sunshine Days" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | May 12, 2002 | | ||||||||
| Robbery Homicide Division
| 1 | 4 | "Free and Clear" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | October 18, 2002 | | ||||||||
| 2005
| 1 | 10 | "What's the Frequency, Kolchak?" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | March 17, 2006 | | ||||||||
| 2007
| A.M.P.E.D. | colspan="3"|Pilot |{{no}} |{{yes}} | Unaired | Co-written with Frank Spotnitz | ||||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2008
| rowspan="14" | Breaking Bad | rowspan="4" | 1 | 1 | "Pilot" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | January 20, 2008 | | ||||||||
| 2
|{{no}} |{{yes}} | January 27, 2008 | | ||||||||
| 3
| "...And the Bag's in the River" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | February 10, 2008 | | ||||||||
| 4
| "Cancer Man" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | February 17, 2008 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| rowspan="2" | 2 | 6 | "Peekaboo" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | April 12, 2009 | Co-written with J. Roberts | ||||||||
| 13
| "ABQ" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | May 31, 2009 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| rowspan="2" | 3 | 1 | "No Más" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | March 21, 2010 | | ||||||||
| 13
| "Full Measure" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | June 13, 2010 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| rowspan="3" | 4 | 1 | "Box Cutter" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | July 17, 2011 | | ||||||||
| 12
| "End Times" |{{yes}} |{{no}} | October 2, 2011 | | ||||||||
| 13
| "Face Off" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | October 9, 2011 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| rowspan="3" | 5 | 1 | "Live Free or Die" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | July 15, 2012 | | ||||||||
| 2
| "Madrigal" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | July 22, 2012 | | ||||||||
| 2013
| 16 | "Felina" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | September 29, 2013 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| 1 | 1 | "The Battle Creek Way" |{{no}} |{{yes}} | March 1, 2015 | Co-written with David Shore | ||||||||
| rowspan="9" | Better Call Saul
| 1 | 1 | "Uno" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | February 8, 2015 | Co-written with Peter Gould | ||||||||
| 2016
| 2 | 10 | "Klick" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | April 18, 2016 | Co-written with Heather Marion | ||||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| rowspan="2" | 3 | 1 | "Mabel" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} | April 10, 2017 |Co-written with Peter Gould | ||||||||
| 2
| "Witness" |{{yes}} |{{no}} | April 17, 2017 | | ||||||||
| 2018
| 4 | 9 | "Wiedersehen" |{{yes}} |{{no}} | October 1, 2018 | | ||||||||
| 2020
| 5 | 8 | "Bagman" |{{yes}} |{{no}} | April 6, 2020 | | ||||||||
| rowspan="3" | 2022
| rowspan="3" | 6 | 2 | "Carrot and Stick" |{{yes}} |{{no}} | April 18, 2022 | | ||||||||
| 8
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |July 11, 2022 | | ||||||||
| 12
|"Waterworks" |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |August 8, 2022 | |
= Acting =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2014
|Devon / Pile of Bullets' Host |Episode: "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing" |
| 2015
| The Commissioner | Episode: "Lil Jon Wears a Baseball Cap and Sunglasses" |
| 2017
| Axalon (voice) | Episode: "Mr. Rippen" |
| 2018
|Himself (voice) |Episode: "(You Gotta) Strike for Your Right" |
| 2019
|What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage |Himself |Episode: “Spoiler” |
Awards and nominations
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See also
References
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External links
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