J. Roberts

J. Roberts
Occupation Television Writer
Nationality American
Notable work(s) Breaking Bad

J. Roberts is an American television writer. He has worked on the AMC drama Breaking Bad and has been nominated for two Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for his work on the series.

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Biography

Roberts began writing for television in 2008 as a staff writer for the first season of Breaking Bad. The first season writing staff were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for best new series at the February 2009 ceremony.[1][2][3] Roberts returned as a story editor for the second season and wrote the season premiere "Seven-Thirty-Seven"[4] and co-wrote the episode "Peekaboo"[5] with series creator and executive producer Vince Gilligan. 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.[6]

Filmography

Production staff

Year Show Role Notes
2009 Breaking Bad Story editor Season 2
2008 Staff writer Season 1

Writer

Year Show Season Episode title Episode Notes
2009 Breaking Bad 2 "Peekaboo"[5] 6 Co-written with Vince Gilligan
"Seven Thirty-Seven"[4] 1

External links

J. Roberts at the Internet Movie Database

References

  1. ^ "2008 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". WGA. 2007. http://wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2653#TheWireHBO. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  2. ^ Perry, Byron (2007-12-12). "WGA announce TV, radio nominees". Variety. http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117977607.html#TheWireHBO. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  3. ^ "HBO tops WGA awards list with five noms". The Hollywood Reporter. 2007. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i51057e90b0ae537411989f7513cd3991#TheWireHBO. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 
  4. ^ a b "Seven Thirty-Seven". Writ. J Roberts. Breaking Bad. AMC. 3/8/2009. No. 1, season 2.
  5. ^ a b "Peekaboo". Writ. J Roberts & Vince Gilligan. Breaking Bad. AMC. 4/12/2009. No. 6, season 2.
  6. ^ "2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2008. http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3410. Retrieved 2008-12-12.