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 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 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 have one child, a daughter, together.

Filmography

Screenplays
YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Double DragonCo-writerBased on the video game
2000Meeting DaddyWriter and director
2011Too Big to FailWriterTelevision film

Television episodes credits
YearShowSeasonEpisode numberEpisode titleDirectorWriterNotes
2008Breaking Bad17"A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"
2009Breaking Bad23"Bit by a Dead Bee"
2009Breaking Bad28"Better Call Saul"
2010Breaking Bad32"Caballo sin Nombre"
2010Breaking Bad39"Kafkaesque"Co-written with George Mastras
2010Breaking Bad312"Half Measures"Co-written with Sam Catlin
2011Breaking Bad47"Problem Dog"
2011Breaking Bad410"Salud"Co-written with Gennifer Hutchison
2012Breaking Bad53"Hazard Pay"
2013Breaking Bad59"Blood Money"
2013Breaking Bad515"Granite State"
2015Better Call Saul11"Uno"Co-written with Vince Gilligan
2015Better Call Saul12"Mijo"
2015Better Call Saul110"Marco"
2016Better Call Saul29"Nailed"
2017Better Call Saul31"Mabel"Co-written with Vince Gilligan
2017Better Call Saul310"Lantern"
2018Better Call Saul41"Smoke"
2018Better Call Saul410"Winner"Co-written with Thomas Schnauz
2020Better Call Saul51"Magic Man"
2020Better Call Saul510"Something Unforgivable"Co-written with Ariel Levine
2022Better Call Saul61"Wine and Roses"
2022Better Call Saul613"Saul Gone"

Production staff
YearShowRoleNotes
2008Breaking BadStory editorSeason 1
2009Breaking BadExecutive story editorSeason 2
2010Breaking BadProducerSeason 3
2011Breaking BadSupervising producerSeason 4
2012Breaking BadCo-executive producerSeason 5
2013Breaking BadCo-executive producerSeason 5
2015Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 1
2016Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 2
2017Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 3
2018Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 4
2020Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 5
2022Better Call SaulExecutive producerSeason 6
2025PluribusConsulting producerSeason 1