Gennifer Hutchison (born ) is an American television and film writer. She is best known for her work on the television series '' Breaking Bad''. She won two Writers Guild of America Awards for her work on the series as a part of the writing team in 2012 and 2013. She was also a writer and executive producer on ''

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''. Prior to ''Breaking Bad'', she worked in the production staff for the television series ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also worked on ''The Strain'' as a writer and producer during its first season.

Career

Hutchison got her start in the entertainment industry as a PA in the writers' office at ''The X-Files''. She went on to become writer/producer

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's assistant during the show's final seasons. After the show ended, she worked on a number of pilots and short-lived shows as a writers' assistant and producers' assistant, ending up as showrunner

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's assistant on ''

'' during its first season. After finding out about former boss Gilligan's new pilot '' Breaking Bad'' – also on

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– she reached out and was offered a job as Gilligan's assistant. When Hutchison and the show returned for its second season, she spoke to Gilligan about her ambition to write for the show. She was tasked with writing the show's additional content, such as webisodes and blogs, as an audition. Her work impressed Gilligan, and she was offered a freelance script in season three, and subsequently brought on board as a writer. She remained on the show for the remainder of its run, rising to the position of executive story editor in the show's fifth and final season. After ''Breaking Bad'' ended, she spent a season as a producer on FX's horror-drama ''

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,'' writing two of the show's first-season episodes. She rejoined Gilligan and his co-creator

Peter Gould 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 (WGA) Awards for his work on the series. After ''Breaking ...

on ''Breaking Bad'' prequel ''

'' as a supervising producer. Hutchison has, to date, written two episodes per season, rising to co-executive producer in season two, and executive producer in

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. She has received an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Drama Series category for each season of the show. In film, Hutchison adapted

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's novel ''Red Queen'' for

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in 2015. In June 2016, she signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures TV, the studio behind both ''Breaking Bad'' and ''Better Call Saul''. In December 2017, it was announced that Hutchison is adapting the ''

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'' podcast for television. The series is being developed at FX, under her overall deal with Sony Pictures TV.

Personal life

Hutchison was born in

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, and grew up in a military family that moved frequently. She is married to ''Breaking Bad'' associate producer/post-production supervisor Andrew Ortner.

Awards

Filmography

Writer Production staff

References

External links

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