Occupation Television writer Role Television writer Name Sam Catlin | Notable works Breaking Bad Nationality American Shows Breaking Bad | |
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Movies The Great New Wonderful, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy Awards Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Dramatic Series Nominations Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama Similar People George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley‑Beckett, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould | ||
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Sam Catlin is an American television writer, director and producer. He has worked on the AMC drama Breaking Bad. He has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for his work on the series.
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Catlin began writing for television in 2005 for the television film The Great New Wonderful. He then became a writer and story editor for the first season of Kidnapped in 2006. He wrote the episode "Stringers". In 2007 he became an executive story editor and writer for the short-lived series Canterbury's Law and wrote the episode "Baggage".
Catlin joined the crew of Breaking Bad in 2009 as a co-producer and writer for the second season. He wrote the second season episodes "Down" and "4 Days Out". The second season writing staff were nominated for the WGA award for best drama series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the second season. Catlin was promoted to supervising producer for the third season in 2010. He was promoted again to co-executive producer for the fourth season in 2011.
In 2013, Catlin signed with Sony Pictures Television to help develop original projects, while becoming a co-executive producer for Fox's short-lived adaption of the Australian series, Rake. Catlin has written the Pilot episode and produced the horror drama series Preacher.
Catlin attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program, where he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1998.