Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama ''

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''. He was nominated for four Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for his work on the series. After ''Breaking Bad'' ended, he went on to become the co-creator and co-showrunner, with ''Breaking Bad'' creator Vince Gilligan, of the show's spinoff, ''

Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, ''Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...

''. He became the series' sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writers room.

Education

Gould is a native of

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. His parents were both artists and 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 Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. The college models its approach to education after the Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials. Sarah Lawrence scholarship, particularly ...

in 1982 with a

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degree in English. In 1990, he graduated from the

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with a

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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 ''

'' 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 (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 "

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" and "

". 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 "

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" 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 ''

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'' based on

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's book of the same name 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 became co-creator and co-showrunner of the spinoff series, ''

''. The show debuted on February 8, 2015, and was the highest-rated cable television series premiere to date. Gould would become the series sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writing staff early in the third season to focus on other projects. This transition had been planned since the show's debut. 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. In 2018, ''

'' was honored with a

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for "developing its own unique tone mixing legal drama, crime thriller, and dark comedy."

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gould, Peter American television writers American male television writers American television producers American television directors Sarah Lawrence College alumni USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people