Vince Gilligan Biography
Virginia native Vince Gilligan is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for his television work, as a creator, head writer, executive producer, and director of AMC’s Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Call Saul. Vince Gilligan is also a writer and producer for The X-Files and was the co-creator of its spin-off The Lone Gunmen.
The American writer, producer, and director Vince Gilligan has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, six Writers Guild of America Awards, two Critics’ Choice Television Awards, Producers Guild of America Awards, one Directors Guild of America Award and BAFTA. Outside the television, he co-wrote the screenplay for the 2008 film Hancock and wrote and directed the Breaking Bad sequel film, El Camino, released on October 11, 2019.
Vince Gilligan Age
Vince Gilligan was born on February 10, 1967 in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. He is 52 years old as of 2019. Vince Gilligan full names are (George Vincent Gilligan Jr)
Vince Gilligan Body Measurements
Height; ft 6 feet in'(Meters or cm) 1.83 m
Weight; Pounds(lbs) 75 kg
Shoe Size: Not available
Body Shape: Not available
Hair Colour: Dark Brown
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Eye Colour: Brown
Vince Gilligan Family
Vince Gilligan was born to Gail Gilligan (mother) and Sr. George Vincent Gilligan an insurance claims adjuster. His mother was a grade school teacher. His parents divorced in 1974 and he and his younger brother, Patrick, were raised in Farmville and Chesterfield County.
Vince Gilligan Education
Vince Gilligan graduated from Lloyd C. Bird High School in 1985, he later joined NYU’s Tisch School of Arts on a scholarship, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film production. He then attended the laboratory school run by Longwood College.
While at NYU, Vince Gilligan wrote the screenplay for Home Fries; and received the Virginia Governor’s Screenwriting Award in 1989 for the screenplay, which was later turned into a film. One of the competition judges is Mark Johnson, a film producer.
Vince Gilligan Wife
Vince Gilligan is married to Holly Rice in 1991.
Vince Gilligan Career
The X-Files and The Lone Gunmen
Vince Gilligan’s big break came when he joined the Fox television drama called The X-Files. He a fan of the show, and submitted a script to Fox which became the second-season episode “Soft Light”. He went on to write 29 more episodes, in addition to being the co-executive producer of 44 episodes, executive producer of 40, co-producer of 24, and supervising producer of 20. Vince co-created and became an executive producer of The X-Files spin-off series The Lone Gunmen. The series ran for one season of 13 episodes.
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
The AMC drama series Breaking Bad was created, wrote, directed, and produced by Gilligan. He created the series with a premise that the hero would become the villain. Vince Gilligan said the television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis that showed for over decades years.
When he realized this, the logical step was to think, how he can show the fundamental drive toward the change?” He then added his goal with Walter White who turned him from “Mr. Chips to Scarface”. Vince pitching shows were to studios, Gilligan was initially discouraged when he learned of the existing series Weeds and its similarities to the premise of Breaking Bad.
His producers convinced him that the show was different enough to be successful, and he later stated that he would not have gone forward with the idea that had he knew about Weeds earlier. The Breaking Bad received the widespread critical acclaim that he praised in many critics and among the greatest television dramas of all time.
Vince has been awarded numerous times for writing, directing, and producing the series. The Writers Guild of America awarded him four times in straight succession, from 2012 to 2014; as a part of the Breaking Bad writing team and the individual for writing the episode “Box Cutter”.
He has also received two Primetime Emmys in 2013 and 2014 for producing the show. He won the Directors Guild of America Award for directing the finale of Breaking Bad, “Felina” in 2014.
The Sony Pictures Television announced a deal with AMC to produce Breaking Bad spin-off prequel entitled Better Call Saul, which focuses on character Saul Goodman from the original series, and before he became to Walter White’s lawyer, with star Bob Odenkirk reprising his role as the title character in September 2013.
Vince Gilligan co-created the series with Breaking Bad writer Peter Gould, with both of them acting as showrunners. On February 8, 2015, he premiered directed and co-wrote in his first episode. In July 2018, Vince Gilligan announced that he agreed to stay with Sony TV on a new three-year deal. In November 2018, he confirmed that he was working on a Breaking Bad movie titled El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
Vince Gilligan Other work
Vince and Wilder Napalm had the first screenplay produced in 1993 for the romantic comedy film, Vince works on The X-Files, and early screenplays produced a film, known as Home Fries, which starred Drew Barrymore and Luke Wilson. He was hired by The X-Files creator Chris Carter to be a consulting producer on his new series Harsh Realm.
After The X-Files, Gilligan wrote three episodes of police with on a short-lived procedural series by Robbery-Homicide Division and an episode of the ABC series Night Stalker. In 2007, Gilligan and fellow The X-Files producer Frank Spotnitz wrote a sci-fi pilot entitled A.M.P.E.D., which was not picked up for a full series. He also rewrote the screenplay for the 2008 Will Smith film Hancock, which was originally written by Vincent Ngo.
He 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. Gilligan played a cheesy actor hosting “Pile of Bullets”, a fictional character of the 1990s VCR-based video game. In September 2013, Sony announced its struck deal with CBS to produce a new television series created by Gilligan and David Shore entitled Battle Creek.
Vince went on and wrote a based script written within ten years prior, the show that follows the partnership of two police detectives who competed for a perfect deal with FBI agents. He co-wrote the first episode with Shore, the showrunner of the series. CBS ordered thirteen episodes on the series that aired on CBS starting March 1, 2015. The CBS decided not to renew the series for a second season.
Vince Gilligan Net Worth
Vince Gilligan is an American writer, producer, and director who has an estimated net worth of $35 million dollars as of 2019.
Vince Gilligan Writer
Gilligan wrote three episodes of short-lived police procedural series Robbery Homicide Division and an episode of the ABC series Night Stalker. In 2007, he and his friend produced The X-Files with producer Frank Spotnitz who wrote a sci-fi pilot entitled A.M.P.E.D., which was not picked up for a full series.
He 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. Sony announced that it struck a deal with CBS to produce a new television series created by Gilligan and David Shore entitled Battle Creek in September 2013.
He co-wrote the first episode with Shore, the showrunner of the series. The CBS ordered thirteen episodes and the series aired on CBS starting on March 1, 2015. The CBS decided not to renew the series for a second season.
Vince Gilligan Movies
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie 2019
Hancock 2008
Home Fries 1998
Wilder Napalm 1993
Vince Gilligan TV Shows
Battle Creek 2015
Breaking Bad 2008-2013
Better Call Saul 2015
Metástasis 2014
A.M.P.E.D. 2007
The Lone Gunmen 2001
Vince Gilligan Award|Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2014, 2013 · Breaking Bad
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series
2014, 2013, 2012 · Breaking Bad
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama
2016, 2012, 2009 · Uno, Box Cutter, Pilot
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
2014 · Breaking Bad
Producers Guild of America Award – Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television – Drama 2015, 2014 · Breaking Bad
British Academy Television International Award
2014 · Breaking Bad
Vince Gilligan FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Who is Gilligan?
Vince Gilligan is an American writer, producer, and director.
How old is Vince ?
Vince is 52 years old as of 2019.
How tall is Gilligan?
Gilligan stands at a height of 6 feet 1.83 m.
Is Vince married?
Vince is married to Holly Rice.
How much is Vince worth?
Vince has an estimated net worth of $35 million dollars as of 2019.
How much does Vince make?
Gilligan income is estimated to be $354,166.67 per month and $4.25 Millions per year. While his weekly salary is $81,730.77.
Where does Gilligan live?
Vince lives in the United States.
Is Vince dead or alive?
Vince is still alive and in good health.
Where is Gilligan now?
Vince is an American writer, producer, and director who is best known in his deport series of Breaking bad.
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Vince Gilligan Books
X Files YA #10 Dark Matter 1999
Dark Matter 1999