Vince Gilligan is known for his television work, specifically as creator, head writer, executive producer, and director of AMC's Breaking Bad and its spin-off prequel series' Better Call Saul.
28 Facts About Vince Gilligan
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Vince Gilligan was a writer and producer for The X-Files and was the co-creator of its spin-off, The Lone Gunmen.
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Vince Gilligan was born on February 10,1967, in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Gail, a grade school teacher, and George Vincent Gilligan Sr.
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Vince Gilligan used the camera to make science fiction films with Patrick.
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Vince Gilligan was recognized for his talents and creativity at an early age.
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Vince Gilligan introduced Gilligan to film noir classics, as well as John Wayne and Clint Eastwood Westerns on late-night television.
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Vince Gilligan won a scholarship to attend the prestigious Interlochen Center for the Arts.
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Vince Gilligan was impressed by Gilligan, saying he "was the most imaginative writer I'd ever read".
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Vince Gilligan was a fan of the show, and submitted a script to Fox which became the second-season episode "Soft Light".
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Vince Gilligan went on to write 29 more episodes, in addition to being co-executive producer of 44 episodes, executive producer of 40, co-producer of 24, and supervising producer of 20.
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Vince Gilligan co-created and became executive producer of The X-Files spin-off series The Lone Gunmen.
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Vince Gilligan created, wrote, directed, and produced the AMC drama series Breaking Bad.
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Vince Gilligan created the series with the premise that the hero would become the villain.
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Vince Gilligan has been awarded numerous times for writing, directing, and producing the series.
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Vince Gilligan received two Primetime Emmys in 2013 and 2014 for producing the show.
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Vince Gilligan co-created the series with Breaking Bad writer Peter Gould, with both of them acting as showrunners.
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The first episode, which Vince Gilligan directed and co-wrote, premiered on February 8,2015.
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Vince Gilligan would leave the Better Call Saul writing staff early in the third season to focus on projects, resulting in Gould becoming sole showrunner.
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Vince Gilligan remained involved in Better Call Sauls production in a reduced role, directing episodes in the fourth and fifth seasons, before returning to the writers room in the sixth.
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In July 2018, it was announced that Vince Gilligan had agreed to stay with Sony TV on a new three-year deal.
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Vince Gilligan quietly developed the script for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, which wraps up the story of Jesse Pinkman following the events of "Felina", Breaking Bad finale, ahead of the show's tenth anniversary.
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Vince Gilligan first had a screenplay produced in 1993 for the romantic comedy film Wilder Napalm.
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Vince Gilligan was hired by The X-Files creator Chris Carter to be a consulting producer on his new series Harsh Realm.
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Vince Gilligan rewrote the screenplay for the 2008 Will Smith film Hancock, which was originally written by Vincent Ngo.
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Vince Gilligan made his acting debut in 2014 in "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing", the ninth episode of the fifth season of NBC's comedy series Community.
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Vince Gilligan plays a cheesy actor hosting "Pile of Bullets", a fictional 1990s VCR-based video game.
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Vince Gilligan co-wrote the first episode with Shore, the showrunner of the series.
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Vince Gilligan has been with his wife, Holly Rice, since 1991.