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 had been nominated for four Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for his work on the series. He is currently working with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan on the show's spinoff, Better Call Saul.

Gould is a native of New York. 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.

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 were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) 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 were 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.

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 Best Dramatic Episode in February 2016. The episode was written by Gould and Gilligan.

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