Peter Gould is an American television writer, director and producer. He worked on all five seasons of the AMC drama Breaking Bad. He was nominated for four Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for his work on the series. After Breaking Bad ended, he went on to become the co-creator and co-showrunner, with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, of the show's spinoff, Better Call Saul. He became the series' sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writers room.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1952 (74)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Producer, writer and director
- 12 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Peter Gould's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Cyclical2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Peter Gould's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Peter Gould's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Pluribus(2025)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Jericho Ridge(2023)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
American Greed: James McGill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Broken and the Bad(2020)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
El Camino(2019)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Hope Gap(2019)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Better Call Saul(2015)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Too Big to Fail(2011)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Breaking Bad(2008)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Meeting Daddy(2000)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Double Dragon(1994)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Dirty Little Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Metropol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Disinherited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 14 of them dated from 1986 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Double Dragon (1994)
Highest rated
Too Big to Fail (2011)
Most popular right now
Better Call Saul: Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (2017)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Peter Gould's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 34/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Peter Gould's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Peter Gould work with?
People who share at least 2 of Peter Gould's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ariel Levine shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Ariel LevineShared titles: Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy (2022), Better Call Saul: Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ariel Levine
Producers
- Kevin DreyfussShared titles: Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy (2022), Better Call Saul: Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Dreyfuss
- Melissa BernsteinShared titles: Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy (2022), Better Call Saul: Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Melissa Bernstein
