Vince Gilligan

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Vince Gilligan at Comic-Con in San Diego (2018)

George Vincent "Vince" Gilligan Jr. (born February 10, 1967 in Richmond , Virginia ) is an American screenwriter , television producer and director , who became known as the showrunner of the award-winning television series Breaking Bad .

Life

Early years

Vince Gilligan was born on February 10, 1967 at MCV Hospital in Richmond , Virginia . His mother, Gail Gilligan, b. Lambert has taught reading as an elementary school teacher and has been a reading specialist at several schools, primarily in Farmville . Gilligan's father, George Gilligan Sr., was a claims appraiser for various insurance companies.

Vince Gilligan lived in Richmond for about three years until the family moved to Farmville because of his father's work, where Gilligan grew up with his four years younger brother Patrick Gilligan. Gilligan was gifted at an early age, so he could speak in clear, complete sentences by the age of two. In the vicinity of Farmville he attended the Cumberland Elementary School . In 1974 Gilligan's parents divorced and he and his brother lived with their mother. At Longwood University's JP Winn Campus School in Farmville, where his mother taught, he developed a keen interest in film and television and the desire to work in the film business. Gilligan's art teacher Jackie Wall, the mother of his best friend Angus Wall , lent them a Super 8 camera and encouraged them to express themselves on film. During his high school years, Gilligan's family moved to Chesterfield County . From 1981 to 1982 Gilligan attended the Interlochen Arts Academy , an arts boarding school in Michigan where Gilligan studied metalworking and fine arts . Since money was tight, he could only attend this high school for one year. Until 1985 he then attended LC Bird High School . His parents, who are now retired and divorced, still live in the area today.

Career

Gilligan studied at New York University's film school , the Tisch School of the Arts , and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a degree in film production . During his studies he wrote the screenplay for the film Verliebt in Sally , for which he received the Virginia Governor's Screenwriting Award in 1989 shortly after graduating . Nine years later, this film was made into a film with Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson . At this award ceremony, the film producer and Oscar winner Mark Johnson , who sat on the jury, became aware of Gilligan. Johnson became a kind of mentor for Gilligan, from 2008 to 2013 the two produced the series Breaking Bad .

In 1993, a film was first released for which Gilligan wrote the script: the comedy The Thing with Fire, starring Debra Winger and Dennis Quaid .

In 1994, Gilligan wrote a freelance screenplay for the X-Files mystery series, which aired on Fox . Six months later he became staff writer for the series and wrote the script for a total of 29 episodes. From the third season (1995-1996) Gilligan was listed on the X-Files as a creative consultant . In the fourth season of The X-Files Gilligan was co-producer (1996-1997), in the fifth season supervising producer (1997-1998), in the sixth and seventh seasons executive co-producer (1998-2000) and in the eighth and ninth season executive producer (2000–2002). He also directed two episodes of the series . In total, he was involved in more than 140 episodes of the X-Files series from 1995 to 2002 . When Gilligan became a producer on the X-Files in 1997, Gilligan signed a multi-year contract with Fox to develop new television series for the film production company Ten Thirteen directed by Chris Carter , the inventor of the X-Files . For this reason, he worked as a consulting producer on Carter's Harsh Realm and developed a 13-episode spin-off series of the X-Files with Carter, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz , which was produced in 2001 under the title The Lone Gunmen . Gilligan became executive producer and wrote the script for three episodes of the series. In 2003 the series appeared in Germany under the title Die einsamen Schützen .

In 2006 he wrote the screenplay for the film Pulse with Wes Craven, among others - You are dead before you die . In 2007, Gilligan rewrote the screenplay for the film Hancock, written by Vincent Ngo in 1996 . The film, starring Will Smith, was a formidable financial success with revenues of $ 620 million on a budget of $ 160 million. In addition, Gilligan was executive producer and screenwriter for the series pilot A.MPED in 2007 , but the series was never ordered and the pilot was therefore not published.

Aaron Paul , Vince Gilligan and Bryan Cranston (2010)

From 2008 to 2013, the cable broadcaster AMC released the much-acclaimed drama series Breaking Bad . Gilligan is both the creator and executive producer of the series and also acts as the showrunner . Originally nine episodes were ordered for the first season, but only seven episodes were produced due to the scriptwriters' strike in 2008/2009 . The three following seasons each consist of 13 episodes. The fifth season with 16 episodes, which forms the end of the series, was produced and broadcast over two years with eight episodes per year each. Gilligan worked on the basic story of the episodes in a team with several screenwriters. Gilligan wrote the scripts for 13 episodes, including the pilot episode and each season finale. He also directed the pilot episode and four other episodes. The series has received various awards, including an Emmy for Best Drama Series in 2014 .

Gilligan currently resides in Los Angeles with longtime partner, Holly Rice .

Filmography

Awards

Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul at the 36th Annual Saturn Awards , 2010
  • 1989: Virginia Governor's Screenwriting Award for the film In Love with Sally as a screenwriter
  • 2008, 2009: TCA Award nomination for the series Breaking Bad as producer
  • 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014: TCA Award for the series Breaking Bad as a producer
  • 2009: Saturn Award nomination for the series Breaking Bad as producer
  • 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013: Saturn Award for the series Breaking Bad as producer
Writers Guild of America Award
  • 2008: WGA Award for the episode Pilot (Breaking Bad) as a screenwriter
  • 2009, 2010: WGA Award nomination for the series Breaking Bad as a producer
  • 2011: WGA Award for the episode Box Cutter (Breaking Bad) as a screenwriter
  • 2011, 2012, 2013: WGA Award for the series Breaking Bad as a producer
Satellite Award
  • 1996 : Satellite Award for the X-Files series as a producer
  • 1997 , 1998 : Satellite Award nomination for the X-Files series for producer
  • 2009 , 2010 , 2013 : Satellite Award for the Breaking Bad series as a producer
  • 2011 , 2012 : Satellite Award nomination for the series Breaking Bad as producer
Golden Globe Award
  • 1997 , 1998 : Golden Globe Award for the X-Files series as a producer
  • 1999 : Golden Globe Award nomination for the X-Files series for producer
  • 2013 : Golden Globe Award nomination for the series Breaking Bad as a producer
  • 2014 : Golden Globe Award for the series Breaking Bad as a producer
Emmy
  • 1997 , 1998 : Emmy Award nomination for the X-Files series for producer
  • 1997 : Emmy Award nomination for the episode Memento Mori (The X Files) for screenwriting
  • 2008 : Emmy Award nomination for the episode Pilot (Breaking Bad) as a director
  • 2009 , 2010 , 2012 : Breaking Bad series Emmy Award nomination for producer
  • 2012 : Emmy Award nomination for the episode Face to Face (Breaking Bad) as a screenwriter
  • 2013 , 2014 : Emmy Award for the series Breaking Bad as a producer
  • 2014 : Emmy Award nomination for the episode Felina (Breaking Bad) as a screenwriter

The Breaking Bad series developed by Vince Gilligan received numerous other nominations and awards.

literature

  • Richard Foster: Bad Man . In: Richmond Magazine . Issue: July 2011 , June 28, 2011 ( online [accessed August 4, 2011]).
  • Jim McConnell: Our Man in Hollywood . In: Chesterfield Monthly . November 2012 ( online [accessed February 27, 2013]).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Richard Foster: Bad Man . In: Richmond Magazine . Issue: July 2011 , June 28, 2011, p. 2 ( online [accessed August 4, 2011]).
  2. ↑ Jim McConnell: Our Man in Hollywood . In: Chesterfield Monthly . November 2012 ( online [accessed February 27, 2013]).
  3. ↑ Motifs: February 2012. In: interlochen.org. Interlochen Center for the Arts, February 1, 2012, accessed on August 18, 2012 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Vince Gilligan. Executive Producer. (No longer available online.) TNT , archived from the original on June 11, 2012 ; accessed on July 18, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tntdrama.com
  5. ^ Rencontre avec Vince Gilligan, creator of "Breaking Bad" (VO). Forum des images, April 2011, accessed on July 18, 2011 (English).
  6. ↑ Michael Cieply: A Man of Steel With Feet of Clay. Summer Movies. In: nytimes.com. The New York Times , May 4, 2008, accessed August 4, 2011 .
  7. ↑ AMC Renews "Breaking Bad". (No longer available online.) Amcnetworks.com, August 14, 2011, formerly in the original ; accessed on February 26, 2013 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.amcnetworks.com  
  8. ^ Vince Gilligan - Series Creator. Crew. AMC , accessed July 18, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Gilligan, Vince
ALTERNATIVE NAMES George Vincent Gilligan Junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, television producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Virginia , United States