WRITER

Vince Gilligan

1967 - Today

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George Vincent Gilligan Jr. (born February 10, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He is the creator, primary writer, executive producer, and occasional director of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul (2015–2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vince Gilligan has received more than 5,436,061 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Vince Gilligan is the 2,943rd most popular writer (up from 3,361st in 2019), the 3,712th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,412th in 2019) and the 324th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Breaking bad
Drug dealers, Drug traffic, Methamphetamine
"It all ends with a bang! In the final episodes, Emmy winners Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul bring the saga of Breaking Bad to a bloody conclusion in their roles as meth kingpin, Walter White and his guilt-ridden partner, Jesse Pinkman. As each tries to get clear of the wreckage they left behind in the meth world, DEA agent Hank Schrader's obsessive pursuit of "Heisenberg" gains steam, leading up to a shattering finale that will leave no one in Walt's world unscathed"--Container.
2013
Better call Saul
Drama, Criminal defense lawyers, Crime
The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer, Jimmy McGill, in the time leading up to establishing his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2018

Page views of Vince Gilligans by language

Over the past year Vince Gilligan has had the most page views in the with 698,802 views, followed by Spanish (76,597), and Russian (72,147). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (256.86%), Serbian (208.66%), and Simple English (130.77%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vince Gilligan ranks 2,943 out of 7,302. Before him are Sven Aggesen, Han Suyin, Howard Fast, Suzanne Curchod, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, and Jean-Sifrein Maury. After him are Michael Ondaatje, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Otway, Gerard Reve, and Alfred Andersch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Vince Gilligan ranks 86. Before him are Željka Cvijanović, Takehiko Inoue, Herzi Halevi, Philipp Kirkorov, Naim Süleymanoğlu, and Emil Kostadinov. After him are Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Tia Carrere, Rufus Sewell, Michel Hazanavicius, Leslie Jones, and Thomas Muster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vince Gilligan ranks 3,712 out of 20,380. Before him are Linda McMahon (1948), Tim Buckley (1947), Howard Fast (1914), William Thurston (1946), Richard E. Bellman (1920), and Carlos Lopes (1947). After him are Jon Krakauer (1954), Harris Yulin (1937), Mancur Olson (1932), Sandra Faber (1944), Eddie Albert (1906), and Crispin Glover (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Vince Gilligan ranks 324. Before him are Andre Norton (1912), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), Budd Schulberg (1914), Tony Robbins (1960), Glen Cook (1944), and Howard Fast (1914). After him are Paul Gallico (1897), James Rollins (1961), Bruce Sterling (1954), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Laura Bridgman (1829), and David Foster Wallace (1962).

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