Scott M. Gimple

Gimple grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey and graduated from Governor Livingston High School.LePoidevin, Michelle H. [http://www.goleader.com/02sep26/24.pdf "From Berkeley Heights to Berkeley, Gimple Finds Justice With ‘Fillmore!’"], {{Webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030908000337/http://www.goleader.com/02sep26/24.pdf | date=September 8, 2003}}, The Westfield Leader, September 26, 2002, p. 24. Accessed September 20, 2023. "As the Creator and Executive Producer of Walt Disney Television Animation's new Saturday morning program, Fillmore!, Berkeley Heights native Scott Gimple has brought a new duo of crime-solving intermediate school superheroes to the screen – minus the violence.... Gimple, who attended fifth grade through senior year in Berkeley Heights, graduated Governor Livingston High School." He graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. He is Jewish.

Gimple was a writer on NBC's Life and Fox TV's Drive, and ABC's FlashForward.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/flashforward-writer-scott-gimple-dishes-on-whats-next-for-the-show/story/19145.html|title=FlashForward Writer Scott Gimple Dishes on What's Next For the Show|author=Molly McAleer|publisher=TV.com}} He co-wrote the script of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance alongside Seth Hoffman and David S. Goyer.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19951|title=Columbia Pictures Might Be Forced to Recast 'Ghost Rider'|date=April 24, 2010 |publisher=BloodyDisgusting}}

In 2011, he joined AMC's The Walking Dead as a producer and writer for the second season. He wrote "Save the Last One", as well as the critically acclaimed "Pretty Much Dead Already", and "18 Miles Out" (with showrunner Glen Mazzara).

In January 2013, Gimple was named showrunner of The Walking Dead, replacing Glen Mazzara.{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Scott Gimple Promoted To Showrunner Of 'The Walking Dead', Replaces Glen Mazzara|url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/walking-dead-showrunner-scott-gimple-replaces-glen-mazzara-404011/|access-date=2013-01-14|newspaper=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 14, 2013}} He served as showrunner from the fourth season to the eighth season. During his tenure, he also became an executive producer for Fear the Walking Dead.{{cite web|url=http://press.amcnetworks.com/amc/shows/fear-the-walking-dead/press-releases/amc-renews-fear-the-walking-dead-for-a-fourth-season/|title=AMC Renews "Fear the Walking Dead" for a Fourth Season|publisher=AMC|first=Jim|last=Maiella|date=April 14, 2017|access-date=March 25, 2017}} Gimple left his role as showrunner in 2018 to become the chief content officer for The Walking Dead television series franchise.

Gimple has also worked on Disney's Pepper Ann and as a writer for The Simpsons comics, including editing the Simpsons' Episode Guidebook "The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family... Continued".{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/397045-Fun_Rules_the_Day_at_Kids_Comic_Con.php|title=Fun Rules the Day at Kids Comic Con|author=Brigid Alverson|publisher=Publishers Weekly}} He created the cartoon Fillmore! and the comic book Heroes Anonymous with Bill Morrison.[http://www.disney-clipart.de/Wikki_Jake-Long.htm Disney-Clipart – Wikki-Jake Long]

He married actress Julia Wackenheim on August 30, 2009 and they have a son; his wife converted to Judaism upon marrying him.{{cite web| url = https://www.tvovermind.com/7-things-didnt-know-walking-dead-showrunner-scott-gimple/| title = 7 Things You Didn't Know about The Walking Dead Showrunner Scott Gimple| date = May 4, 2017}}

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