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Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American legal crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould for AMC. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), to which it serves primarily as a prequel, with some scenes taking place during and after the events of ''Breaking Bad''. ''Better Call Saul'' premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015, and ended on August 15, 2022, after six seasons consisting of 63 episodes. Set primarily in the early to mid-2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, several years before ''Breaking Bad'', ''Better Call Saul'' examines the ethical decline of Jimmy McGill ( Bob Odenkirk), an aspiring lawyer and former con artist who becomes the egocentric criminal-defense attorney Saul Goodman alongside his romantic interest and colleague Kim Wexler ( Rhea Seehorn), while dealing with conflicts with his brother Chuck McGill ( Michael McKean) and his law partner Howard Hamlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Dalton
Álvaro Luis Bernat "Tony" Dalton (born February 13, 1975) is an American and Mexican actor. For much of his career, he has acted in Mexican films, television shows, and stage plays. He is best known for his portrayal of Lalo Salamanca in ''Better Call Saul'' (2018–2022). He has also appeared as Jack Duquesne / Swordsman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series '' Hawkeye'' (2021) and '' Daredevil: Born Again'' (2025). Early life Álvaro Luis Bernat Dalton was born in Laredo, Texas, on February 13, 1975, the son of an American mother and Mexican father, and grew up in Mexico City. He attended the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts, before studying acting at New York City's Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Career Dalton's first major role was on the Mexican telenovela '' Rebelde'' (2004–2006). His first film role was in '' Matando Cabos'' (2004), which he also co-wrote. He later wrote and starred in '' Sultanes del Sur'' (2007). His other fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris McCaleb
Chris McCaleb (born March 14, 1978) is an American film editor, director and producer best known as the co-creator of the web series ''Prom Queen'' and co-host of the ''Better Call Saul Insider'' and ''New Mediacracy'' podcasts. McCaleb was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series, once for his work on the AMC neo-western crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2013), and twice on the AMC legal crime drama series ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–2022). Early life McCaleb was born in Evanston, Illinois, but grew up primarily in Tucson, Arizona. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2000 with a degree in Film Production. After college, McCaleb worked in post-production and as an editor and assistant editor, most notably under filmmakers Michael Mann and John Sayles. ''Sam Has 7 Friends'' In 2006, while working for Michael Mann on the film ''Miami Vice'', McCaleb was approached by co-worker Chris Hampel to jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip Macdonald
Skip Macdonald is an American film and television editor known for his work on ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), its spin-off series ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–2022), and the 2019 sequel film '' El Camino''. He also edited several episodes for '' Fargo''. Macdonald has earned a total of ten Emmy Award nominations. In 2014, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for the series finale of ''Breaking Bad''. Career Skip Macdonald began his career as an assistant sound editor in the 1980s. During this time, he worked on '' Heaven's Gate'' (1980), '' Things Are Tough All Over'', and the Carl Reiner-directed '' Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid'' (1982) and '' The Man with Two Brains'' (1983). After completing '' Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers'' in 1984, Macdonald made his second collaboration with filmmaker Michael Cimino, after ''Heaven's Gate'', with '' Year of the Dragon'' in 1985. Macdonald's first project serving as an assistant film editor was in 1988's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Albert
Arthur Albert (born Arturo Albert on July 9, 1946) is a Venezuelan born American cinematographer and television director. Education He is an alum of New Hampton School (1964) and Columbia University (1969). Career As a cinematographer, he has photographed for a number of notable films including '' Night of the Comet'' (1984), ''The Principal'' (1987), '' Surf Ninjas'' (1993), '' Dirty Work'' (1998), '' Max Keeble's Big Move'' (2001) and among other films. He has worked with director Dennis Dugan on three films ''Happy Gilmore'' (1996), '' Beverly Hills Ninja'' (1997) and '' Saving Silverman'' (2001). Albert has also worked in episodic television. Working as cinematographer on the television series '' The Wonder Years'', '' ER'' and ''The Gates''. He also directed episodes of all of those series. His other television cinematography credits include '' ABC Weekend Special'', '' The District'', '' The $treet'' and '' The Glades'', ''Breaking Bad'', ''Better Call Saul ''Better C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua and Sonora to the south. New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its List of capitals in the United States, state capital is Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, Nuevo México in New Spain. It also has the highest elevation of any state capital, at . New Mexico is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-largest of the fifty states by area, but with just over 2.1 million residents, ranks List of U.S. states and terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque ( ; ), also known as ABQ, Burque, the Duke City, and in the past 'the Q', is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Bernalillo County. Founded in 1706 as ' by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque and List of viceroys of New Spain, Viceroy of New Spain, it was an Old Town Albuquerque, outpost on Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, El Camino Real linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. Located in the Albuquerque Basin, the city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West Mesa to the west, with the Rio Grande and bosque flowing north-to-south through the middle of the city. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Albuquerque had 564,559 residents, making it the List of United States cities by population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Glatzer
Jonathan Glatzer (born 21 October 1969) is an American writer, director, and producer. Life and career Glatzer is a television writer and producer for such shows as ''Succession'',''Better Call Saul'', ''Bloodline'', and ''Bad Sisters'' Along with his fellow writers, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award, two Peabody Awards, a Golden Globe and a WGA award and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmys, and six WGA awards. Glatzer's first feature film as director, co-writer and producer was ''What Goes Up''. The film stars Steve Coogan, Olivia Thirlby, Hilary Duff, Molly Shannon and Josh Peck. Glatzer grew up in North Caldwell, NJ and began his career in theater as a director, staging productions at such venues as the Oxford Playhouse in England, the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., and the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York. He attended Colgate University and graduated in 1991. He then attended Columbia University Columbia University in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Smith (screenwriter)
Gordon Smith is an American television screenwriter, best known for his work on ''Breaking Bad'' and ''Better Call Saul''. Smith has been nominated for four individual Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama in 2018 for the episode " Chicanery", and has received several other nominations. Career Smith started as an office production assistant for season 3 of ''Breaking Bad'', then became Vince Gilligan's assistant in season 4, and the writers' assistant in season 5. Smith co-wrote the ''Breaking Bad'' mini-featurette titled ''Chicks 'N' Guns'' which was released on the fifth season Blu-ray. Smith was then hired as a staff writer for the ''Breaking Bad'' spinoff ''Better Call Saul''. His first television script, for the episode " Five-O" (from season 1) earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. He also wrote episode 8 from the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Morris (director)
Michael Morris is an English television and film director and producer. He was the director of The Old Vic Theatre in London from 1999 to 2002, and an executive producer and director of the television drama '' Brothers & Sisters'' from 2006 to 2011. He has directed episodes of '' Political Animals'', '' In Plain Sight'' (starring his wife, actress Mary McCormack), '' The Slap'', ''Bloodline'', '' Kingdom'', '' Halt and Catch Fire'', ''Preacher'', '' House of Cards'', ''13 Reasons Why'', '' Shut Eye'', and ''Better Call Saul''. Morris made his feature film directorial debut in 2022 with '' To Leslie'', for which Andrea Riseborough received an Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ... nomination for Best Actress. Personal life Morris has been married to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennifer Hutchison
Gennifer Hutchison (born ) is an American television and film writer. She is best known for her work on the television series ''Breaking Bad''. She won two Writers Guild of America Awards for her work on the series as a part of the writing team in 2012 and 2013. She was also a writer and executive producer on ''Better Call Saul''. Prior to ''Breaking Bad'', she worked in the production staff for the television series ''The Lone Gunmen (TV series), The Lone Gunmen'', ''The X-Files'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Mad Men''. She also worked on The Strain (TV series), ''The Strain'' as a writer and producer during its first season. Career Hutchison got her start in the entertainment industry as a PA in the writers' office at ''The X-Files''. She went on to become writer/producer Vince Gilligan's assistant during the show's final seasons. After the show ended, she worked on a number of pilots and short-lived shows as a writers' assistant and producers' assis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Schnauz
Thomas Schnauz (born ) is an American television producer and television writer. His credits include ''The X-Files'', '' The Lone Gunmen'', '' Night Stalker'', '' Reaper'', ''Breaking Bad'', and ''Better Call Saul''. Personal life Schnauz was born in Kearny, New Jersey. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he first met fellow student Vince Gilligan. Schnauz graduated from Tisch in 1988. Career Schnauz started his career in various production jobs. His first screenplay was called ''Spirits in Passing''. He eventually joined Vince Gilligan on the writing staff of ''The X-Files'' and its spinoff show, '' The Lone Gunmen''. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the 2008 film '' Otis'' and the 2008 television film '' Infected''. In 2010, he re-teamed with Gilligan on ''Breaking Bad'', where he remained through the show's 2013 conclusion. Schnauz signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television in November 2014. Schnauz served as co-execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
