# Peter Gould

Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama Breaking Bad, and 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. He became the series' sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writers room.

## Education

Gould was born in New York City. In 1978, Gould graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a private preparatory school in New Jersey, before entering Sarah Lawrence College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1982. In 1990, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Fine Arts.

## 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 Breaking Bad 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 "Bit by a Dead Bee" and "Better Call Saul". 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 "Kafkaesque" 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 Too Big to Fail based on Andrew Ross Sorkin'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, Better Call Saul. 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 2017 and 2022, Better Call Saul was honored with a Peabody Award for "developing its own unique tone mixing legal drama, crime thriller, and dark comedy."

## Personal life

Gould and his wife Nora Doyle are parents of a daughter.

## Filmography

Screenplays
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Double Dragon | Co-writer | Based on the video game |
| 2000 | Meeting Daddy | Writer and director | |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Writer | Television film |
Television episodes credits
| Year | Show | Season | Episode number | Episode title | Director | Writer | Notes |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | 1 | 7 | "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal" | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | 2 | 3 | "Bit by a Dead Bee" | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | 2 | 8 | "Better Call Saul" | No | Yes | |
| 2010 | Breaking Bad | 3 | 2 | "Caballo sin Nombre" | No | Yes | |
| 2010 | Breaking Bad | 3 | 9 | "Kafkaesque" | No | Yes | Co-written with George Mastras |
| 2010 | Breaking Bad | 3 | 12 | "Half Measures" | No | Yes | Co-written with Sam Catlin |
| 2011 | Breaking Bad | 4 | 7 | "Problem Dog" | Yes | Yes | |
| 2011 | Breaking Bad | 4 | 10 | "Salud" | No | Yes | Co-written with Gennifer Hutchison |
| 2012 | Breaking Bad | 5 | 3 | "Hazard Pay" | No | Yes | |
| 2013 | Breaking Bad | 5 | 9 | "Blood Money" | No | Yes | |
| 2013 | Breaking Bad | 5 | 15 | "Granite State" | Yes | Yes | |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | 1 | 1 | "Uno" | No | Yes | Co-written with Vince Gilligan |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | 1 | 2 | "Mijo | No | Yes | |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | 1 | 10 | "Marco" | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Better Call Saul | 2 | 9 | "Nailed" | Yes | Yes | |
| 2017 | Better Call Saul | 3 | 1 | "Mabel" | No | Yes | Co-written with Vince Gilligan |
| 2017 | Better Call Saul | 3 | 10 | "Lantern" | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | Better Call Saul | 4 | 1 | "Smoke" | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | Better Call Saul | 4 | 10 | "Winner" | No | Yes | Co-written with Thomas Schnauz |
| 2020 | Better Call Saul | 5 | 1 | "Magic Man" | No | Yes | |
| 2020 | Better Call Saul | 5 | 10 | "Something Unforgivable" | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Ariel Levine |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul | 6 | 1 | "Wine and Roses" | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul | 6 | 13 | "Saul Gone" | Yes | Yes | |
Production staff
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | Story editor | Season 1 |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | Executive story editor | Season 2 |
| 2010 | Breaking Bad | Producer | Season 3 |
| 2011 | Breaking Bad | Supervising producer | Season 4 |
| 2012 | Breaking Bad | Co-executive producer | Season 5 |
| 2013 | Breaking Bad | Co-executive producer | Season 5 |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Executive producer | Season 1 |
| 2016 | Better Call Saul | Executive producer | Season 2 |
| 2017 | Better Call Saul | Executive producer | Season 3 |
| 2018 | Better Call Saul | Executive producer | Season 4 |
| 2020 | Better Call Saul | Executive producer | Season 5 |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul | Executive producer | Season 6 |