Bill Dubuque | |
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Born |
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Bill Dubuque is an American screenwriter known for such films as The Accountant, [1] A Family Man, [2] The Judge, [3] and the television series Ozark. [4]
Dubuque was born in St. Louis, Missouri, spending time working on the Lake of the Ozarks as a teen. [4] [5] He still lives in St. Louis, with his wife and three children, [5] with whom he still frequently visits the Lake of the Ozarks. [5]
Before starting as a screenwriter in 2008, Dubuque worked as a recruitment headhunter. [1] [5] He was approached by producer Mark Williams with the rough idea for The Accountant, which Dubuque developed into a script named to the 2011 Black List of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, [1] [6] including doing research to develop the protagonist (played by Ben Affleck) to have high-functioning autism; [1] the film was credited by Autism Speaks for its portrayal of the disorder. [1] The first screenplay of his to be produced, 2012's The Judge, led to Dubuque being recognized as one of Variety's 10 screenwriters to watch [7] and named to the 2012 Black List with 20 mentions. [8] [9]
In 2015, Dubuque successfully pitched an action-adventure called The Real McCoy to Universal Pictures, with Chris Pratt attached to star; [10] as of January 2018, [update] the film is still in production. [11][ better source needed] Another collaboration with Mark Williams, A Family Man, was released in 2016; [12] with a working title of The Headhunter's Calling, the script was based on Dubuque's previous work in recruitment. [13] Dubuque's teenage experiences at an Ozarks resort [5] led him to work again with producer Mark Williams [14] and male lead Jason Bateman [10] on developing the series Ozark, which was released on Netflix in 2017 and quickly renewed for a second season, [14] as well as earning the writing team a Writers Guild of America Award nomination. [15] In April 2019, Dubuque replaced Damian Szifron as the screenwriter for the film adaptation of The Six Million Dollar Man. [16]
Year | Title | Notes | Ref |
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2014 | The Judge | Screenplay | [3] |
2016 | A Family Man | Written by and executive producer | [2] |
The Accountant | Written by | [1] | |
2017-2022 | Ozark |
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[4] [5] [15] |
TBA | The Night Gardener | Animation Screenplay | |
The Accountant 2 | Written by |
Bill Dubuque | |
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Born |
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Bill Dubuque is an American screenwriter known for such films as The Accountant, [1] A Family Man, [2] The Judge, [3] and the television series Ozark. [4]
Dubuque was born in St. Louis, Missouri, spending time working on the Lake of the Ozarks as a teen. [4] [5] He still lives in St. Louis, with his wife and three children, [5] with whom he still frequently visits the Lake of the Ozarks. [5]
Before starting as a screenwriter in 2008, Dubuque worked as a recruitment headhunter. [1] [5] He was approached by producer Mark Williams with the rough idea for The Accountant, which Dubuque developed into a script named to the 2011 Black List of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, [1] [6] including doing research to develop the protagonist (played by Ben Affleck) to have high-functioning autism; [1] the film was credited by Autism Speaks for its portrayal of the disorder. [1] The first screenplay of his to be produced, 2012's The Judge, led to Dubuque being recognized as one of Variety's 10 screenwriters to watch [7] and named to the 2012 Black List with 20 mentions. [8] [9]
In 2015, Dubuque successfully pitched an action-adventure called The Real McCoy to Universal Pictures, with Chris Pratt attached to star; [10] as of January 2018, [update] the film is still in production. [11][ better source needed] Another collaboration with Mark Williams, A Family Man, was released in 2016; [12] with a working title of The Headhunter's Calling, the script was based on Dubuque's previous work in recruitment. [13] Dubuque's teenage experiences at an Ozarks resort [5] led him to work again with producer Mark Williams [14] and male lead Jason Bateman [10] on developing the series Ozark, which was released on Netflix in 2017 and quickly renewed for a second season, [14] as well as earning the writing team a Writers Guild of America Award nomination. [15] In April 2019, Dubuque replaced Damian Szifron as the screenwriter for the film adaptation of The Six Million Dollar Man. [16]
Year | Title | Notes | Ref |
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2014 | The Judge | Screenplay | [3] |
2016 | A Family Man | Written by and executive producer | [2] |
The Accountant | Written by | [1] | |
2017-2022 | Ozark |
|
[4] [5] [15] |
TBA | The Night Gardener | Animation Screenplay | |
The Accountant 2 | Written by |