George Vincent Gilligan Jr., commonly known as Vince Gilligan, is a famous American television director and producer, as well as a screenwriter. To the public, Vince Gilligan is perhaps best known as a producer of the science fiction drama series called “The X-Files”. Created by Chris Carter, the show first aired on television screens in 1993, and finished its nine season run in 2002. Featuring a cast of David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and Robert Patrick, “The X-Files” managed to maintain high viewership ratings, as well as favorable reviews from the critics. “The X-Files” had a great impact on the shows of similar nature, and even spawned a release of a spin-off series called “The Lone Gunmen”, which was co-created by Gilligan and Chris Carter, as well as the publication of numerous comic books based on the series. Not surprisingly, “The X-Files” received 62 nominations for Emmy Awards, in addition to winning 3 Primetime Emmy Awards, 13 Creative Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.
Vince Gilligan Net Worth $15 Million
More recently, Vincent Gilligan attracted the attention of the public by creating a critically acclaimed crime drama series called “Breaking Bad”, starring Bryan Cranston, Anna Gun and Aaron Paul. Considered to be one of the greatest television series of all time, “Breaking Bad” earned a number of awards, such as 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and 2 Golden Globe Awards. The show was also featured in the book of “Guinness World Records” as the highest rated series of all time.
A well-known director and producer, how rich is Vince Gilligan? According to sources, Gilligan’s net worth is estimated to be $15 million, most of his wealth undoubtedly coming from his career as a director and producer.
Vince Gilligan was born in 1967, in Richmond, Virginia. As a student, Gilligan attended Lloyd C. Bird High School, and then enrolled in New York University. Gilligan then attended Tisch School of Arts, from which he graduated with a degree in film production. Prior to his big breakthrough, Gilligan worked on the film “Home Fries”, starring Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson and Jake Busey. Gilligan attracted the attention of the film producer Mike Johnson, who introduced him to Chris Carter. Shortly afterwards, Gilligan was invited to join the crew of “The X-Files” television series.
Following the success of “The X-Files”, Vince Gilligan received an opportunity to create his own show. 2008 witnessed the release of one of the best and highest-rated television series of all time called “Breaking Bad”. For his contributions to the creation of the show, Vince Gilligan was awarded the Directors Guild of American Award. Currently, Gilligan is working on the release of the “Breaking Bad” spin-off series entitled “Better Call Saul”, which is scheduled to appear on screens in 2015, and a police drama show called “Battle Creek”.
Primetime Emmy Awards, Writers Guild of America Awards, Critics' Choice Television Awards, Producers Guild of America Awards, Directors Guild of America Award, BAFTA Award (2016)
Nominations
Humanitas Prize, Producers Guild of America Award, Directors Guild of America Award, Producers Guild of America Award, Primetime Emmy Award, Edgar Allan Poe Award
“The X-Files”, “Breaking Bad”, “Home Fries”, “Better Call Saul”, "Battle Creek" (2015), “Community” , "The Lone Gunmen"
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Black comedy
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If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realize the structure is exactly the same.
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People want what they want, for as long as they want it, then tastes change and something else works.
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The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.
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The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.
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There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer.
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'SpongeBob SquarePants' is a great show, and it centers on a character that is courageously nice. Why is SpongeBob interesting? It's because he has passion. He has a passion for chasing jellyfish.
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There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's other people's reaction to it.
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You don't make a movie by yourself; you certainly don't make a TV show by yourself. You invest people in their work. You make people feel comfortable in their jobs; you keep people talking.
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[re shooting in New Mexico] All the wonderful topographical and geographical elements, we put to good use in the show. Especially the clouds, which you don't see in the blank blue skies of Southern California. They allow you to perceive the immense size of the sky. They go on forever some days. Any chance my girlfriend and I get. We went up to Santa Fe, and near there is Taos, a wonderful town, and Madrid, off the Turquoise Trail, a little artists' community. It has an old coal mining museum that I love...The Sandias, the mountains to the east [of Albuquerque] are omnipresent. Take the cable car up to a restaurant called High Finance, which is a good place to eat. It's stark beauty up there; you can see for hundreds of miles.
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About 150 miles south of Albuquerque is a town called Truth or Consequences, so renamed from Hot Springs in 1950 after the old quiz show The New Truth and Consequences (1950) had a contest to air a program from whatever small town in America that would change its name. It's a charming little town where you go to take the waters. We spent the weekend at Sierra Grande Lodge and Spa, this very quaint, old-timey spa. You have these individual open-air tubs where you turn on the spigot, and the natural hot springs come bubbling up. I had a cigar and drank a little bourbon while I was in it, which is probably a bad idea all around when you're in 115-degree water. But outdoors, under the stars, it's very nice.
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I always feel a little guilty when I say this, but while I've spent plenty of time on the Internet looking up useless crap, I don't spend any time on the Internet looking up 'Breaking Bad', nor myself. I do that out of a very neurotic sense of self-protection. I know that it would be a rabbit hole that I would disappear down. But this show wouldn't exist without the fans, and it wouldn't exist without the critics and the journalists and the reporters, the folks who said, 'Watch this thing' from the get-go. And I'm immensely grateful to anyone who has proselytized for this show since day one.
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[on introduction of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass in Breaking Bad (2008)] I like the idea of Gale's poetic justice from beyond the grave. The writers and I love the idea of revisiting previous moments in the show because we love the idea that all actions have consequences. We know that in our day-to-day lives, but very often in television storytelling characters say things or they do things and a particular episode ends and there's not necessarily much in the way of resonance. On this show, we very much like a character's actions to have repercussions in ways that we identify with in real life. And to that end, we love revisiting these old moments, and Walt Whitman's poetry was something that Gale Boetticher loved. It touched his heart and he wanted to share it with his new friend and mentor Walter White. And unfortunately the sharing of it and Walt keeping this book in hindsight proved to be a bit unwise.
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I guess I learned and am in the process of learning that less is more and oftentimes it's a benefit when you don't throw the kitchen sink at it... Especially that you don't make any of your plotting decisions out of fear or desperation. That is an important lesson for anyone to learn, to keep to the story and the characters simple rather than letting it all get away from you in an effort to please what is perceived to be an increasingly attention-deprived audience. The show's either gonna work for you or not. The odds tell you it won't. Most shows don't work. And when they do work, it's kind of like winning the lottery. With Breaking Bad I feel like I pulled the lever at the slot machine, and it came up cherries. If it was something I did, I don't know if I could repeat it. Having said that, in hindsight, my good fortune was that I didn't have the opportunity to go with my first instincts and throw the kitchen sink plot-wise into our first season. If I'd done that, I would have painted myself into some seriously unpleasant plot corners. My general philosophy now more than ever is to give the audience the least possible, which sounds like a weird philosophy, but you want to parcel things out as slowly you can. Of course what that means is, you want to parcel things out as slowly as you can while keeping things gripping and interesting. I don't necessarily believe the conventional wisdom that the audience is more restless than ever and always needs more stimulation. People still like storytelling that can slow down enough to explore characters and examine them closely. I think there's still room for that. Hopefully, that never gets lost completely.
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Sony Pictures TV announced in Sept. 2013 that it had concluded a lucrative deal to produce a new series for CBS created by Gilligan, with a guarantee that it will enter the prime-time schedule in fall 2014. Also, production of the show, a police drama called "Battle Creek" will be headed by David Shore who created and produced the major hit drama House M.D. (2004).
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Includes frequent references to his girlfriend, Holly, in his scripts.
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Received a B.F.A. in film production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode, 2002 writer - 1 episode, 2002 written by - 1 episode, 2002
The X-Files
TV Series written by - 29 episodes, 1995 - 2002 teleplay by - 1 episode, 1999
The Lone Gunmen
TV Series creator - 13 episodes, 2001 written by - 6 episodes, 2001
Home Fries
1998
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Wilder Napalm
1993
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Title
Year
Status
Character
The X-Files
1995-1996
TV Series creative consultant - 15 episodes
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Better Call Saul
2015-2017
TV Series 4 episodes
Breaking Bad
2008-2013
TV Series 5 episodes
The X-Files
2000-2002
TV Series 2 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2015
TV Series
The Commissioner
Community
2014
TV Series
Devon
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Breaking Bad: Original Minisodes
2009
TV Mini-Series writer - 1 episode
Breaking Bad
2008
TV Series writer: "Fallacies"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Wronged One
2010-2016
TV Mini-Series special thanks - 3 episodes
Book of the Senseless
2015
Short special thanks
MythBusters
2015
TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
The Suspect
2013
Video short very special thanks
Looper
2012
special thanks
Self
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Year
Status
Character
Jeopardy!
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself - Clue Giver / Himself - Celebrity Contestant
Talking Saul
2016
TV Series
Himself - Guest
This Week in Hollywood
2016
TV Series
Himself
Better Call Saul: Day One
2015
Video documentary short
Himself
Better Call Saul: In the Studio
2015
Video documentary short
Himself
Creating the First Season
2015
Video documentary short
Himself
Good Cop, Bad Cop: Becoming Mike
2015
Video documentary short
MythBusters
2013-2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - Living Legend / Himself - Special Guest
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin
2015
TV Special
Himself (uncredited)
The Seventies
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - Exective producer, 'Breaking Bad'
Entertainment Tonight
2015
TV Series
Himself - Creator, Better Call Saul
The Rich Eisen Show
2014
TV Series
Himself
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series / Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series & Winner: Outstanding Drama Series
2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series / Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special and Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
The Sixties
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Executive Producer, Breaking Bad
On Story
2014
TV Series
Himself
71st Golden Globe Awards
2014
TV Special
Himself - Winner (uncredited)
Icon
2014
TV Series
Himself
CinemAbility
2013
Documentary
Himself
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013
Video documentary
Himself
Click Online
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - Creator, Breaking Bad
The Colbert Report
2012-2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Talking Bad
2013
TV Series
Himself - 'Creator and Executive Producer of Breaking Bad' / Himself - Creator and Executive Producer of Breaking Bad / Himself - 'Creator, Breaking Bad' / ...
Conan
2012-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Outstanding Drama Series
Charlie Rose
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Writers' Room
2013
TV Series
Himself - Creator / Executive Producer
The Writers of Breaking Bad
2013
Video short
Himself
Teens Wanna Know
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
2012 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys
2012
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
2012 Writers Guild Awards
2012
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
America in Primetime
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - Creator, Breaking Bad
White Heat: Cranston on Fire
2011
Video short
Himself
Pizza of Destiny: Cranston's Greatest Shot
2011
Video short
Himself
Breaking Bad Season 3: Silent But Deadly - The Brothers Moncada
2011
Video documentary short
Himself
Breaking Bad: The Music of Breaking Bad
2010
Video short
Himself
Buzz: AT&T Original Documentaries
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Superhumans: The Making of 'Hancock'
2008
Video documentary short
Himself
Moviemaking in Virginia: Take 3
2008
Video documentary
Himself - Interviewee
Shootout
2008
TV Series
Himself
Making of 'Breaking Bad'
2007
TV Short documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
PGA Award
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Breaking Bad (2008)
2014
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2014
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2014
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2014
PGA Award
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Breaking Bad (2008)
2013
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Dramatic Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2013
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2013
Lifetime Achievement Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2013
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Writing in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2012
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Episodic Drama
Breaking Bad (2008)
2012
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Dramatic Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2009
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Episodic Drama
Breaking Bad (2008)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Drama Series
Better Call Saul (2015)
2016
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
New Series
Better Call Saul (2015)
2016
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul (2015)
2016
PGA Award
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Better Call Saul (2015)
2015
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul (2015)
2014
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2014
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2014
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Drama Episode of the Year
Breaking Bad (2008)
2014
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Direction in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2014
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Writing in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2013
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Direction in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2013
PGA Award
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Breaking Bad (2008)
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2012
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2012
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2012
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Direction in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2012
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Writing in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2011
PGA Award
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama
Breaking Bad (2008)
2011
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Dramatic Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2011
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Drama Series
Breaking Bad (2008)
2011
Edgar
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Best Television Episode Teleplay
Breaking Bad (2008)
2011
Edgar
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Best Television Episode Teleplay
Breaking Bad (2008)
2010
PGA Award
PGA Awards
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama