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Vince Gilligan - Series Creator
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, Gilligan shared Golden Globe® Awards in 1996 and 1997 for Best Television Series — Drama. His other credits include the Fox Television series The Lone Gunmen, which he co-created, and the feature films Hancock, starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron, and Wilder Napalm, starring Debra Winger and Dennis Quaid.
After writing and directing the Breaking Bad pilot, Gilligan received the 2008 Writers Guild Award for Episodic Drama and accepted a Peabody Award honoring the show’s first season. Breaking Bad earned Emmy® Award nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Drama (2008) and Outstanding Drama Series (2009 and 2010), was named one of the best shows of 2008 and 2011 by the American Film Institute (AFI), and was hailed in 2009 as “the best of the 21st century” by Stephen King.
Gilligan currently lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Holly.
Read Part 1 of an interview with Vince Gilligan for Season 1 »
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Read an interview with Vince Gilligan for the Emmys and Season 2 »
Read a fan chat with Vince Gilligan for Season 2 »
Read an interview with Vince Gilligan for Season 2 »
Read Part 1 of an interview with Vince Gilligan for Season 3 »
Read Part 2 of an interview with Vince Gilligan for Season 3 »
