Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith is an American screenwriter, best known for his work with Vince Gilligan on the television dramas Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and Pluribus.

Smith has been nominated for four individual Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama for the Better Call Saul episode "Chicanery", among other accolades and 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. He also wrote episode 8 from the first season, titled "RICO". For the second season of Better Call Saul, Smith was promoted to story editor and wrote two episodes, "Gloves Off" and "Inflatable". In the third season, he was promoted to a producer, and wrote another two episodes, "Chicanery" and "Fall". The episode "Chicanery" earned Smith his second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama. For season 4, Smith was promoted to supervising producer and wrote two episodes, "Something Beautiful" and "Coushatta". For the fifth season, Smith was promoted co-executive producer and wrote two episodes, "Namaste" and "Bagman". Smith also made his directorial debut with the episode "Namaste". For the sixth and final season, Smith continued as a co-executive producer and wrote the third ("Rock and Hard Place") and eighth ("Point and Shoot") episodes while also directing the former episode.

Accolades YearCeremonyCategoryEpisode / WorkResult 2015 67th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series "Five-O" 201668th Writers Guild of America Awards Drama Series Better Call Saul; shared with writing staff New Series Better Call Saul; shared with writing staff 2017 69th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series "Chicanery" Episodic Drama "Gloves Off" 201870th Writers Guild of America Awards Drama Series Better Call Saul; shared with writing staff Episodic Drama "Chicanery" 2019 71st Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Drama Series Better Call Saul; shared with production staff 2020 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series "Bagman" Outstanding Drama Series Better Call Saul; shared with production staff 2022 74th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Drama Series Better Call Saul; shared with production staff 2023 75th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series "Point and Shoot"