Breaking Bad

Vince Gilligan

Vince Gilligan, series creator and executive producer of Breaking Bad, was born in Richmond, VA and raised in Farmville and Chesterfield County. He received the Virginia Governor's Screenwriting Award in 1989 for his screenplay Home Fries, which was later turned into a film starring Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson.

As a writer and executive producer on The X-Files, Vince received Golden Globe Awards in 1996 and 1997 for Best Dramatic Series and Emmy® Award nominations in 1997 for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (for "Memento Mori," along with Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz and John Shiban), and in 1998 for Outstanding Drama Series.

Vince's other credits include the series The Lone Gunmen, which he co-created, and the feature Wilder Napalm, starring Debra Winger and Dennis Quaid.

Vince currently lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Holly.

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