Scott M. Gimple
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Scott M. Gimple (born March 29, 1971)<ref name="IMDB">Internet Movie Database;– Scott M. Gimple. Retrieved on 14 September 2016.</ref> is an American writer for both comics and television. He is known for his work as a writer and producer for Fillmore!, Life, FlashForward, Chase, and The Walking Dead, and served as showrunner for The Walking Dead from seasons 4 through 8 and for the spin-off The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
Early lifeEdit
Gimple grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey and graduated from Governor Livingston High School.<ref>LePoidevin, Michelle H. "From Berkeley Heights to Berkeley, Gimple Finds Justice With ‘Fillmore!’", Template:Webarchive, The Westfield Leader, September 26, 2002, p. 24. Accessed September 20, 2023. "As the Creator and Executive Producer of Walt Disney Television Animation's new Saturday morning program, Fillmore!, Berkeley Heights native Scott Gimple has brought a new duo of crime-solving intermediate school superheroes to the screen – minus the violence.... Gimple, who attended fifth grade through senior year in Berkeley Heights, graduated Governor Livingston High School."</ref> He graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. He is Jewish.
CareerEdit
Gimple was a writer on NBC's Life and Fox TV's Drive, and ABC's FlashForward.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He co-wrote the script of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance alongside Seth Hoffman and David S. Goyer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2011, he joined AMC's The Walking Dead as a producer and writer for the second season. He wrote "Save the Last One", as well as the critically acclaimed "Pretty Much Dead Already", and "18 Miles Out" (with showrunner Glen Mazzara).
In January 2013, Gimple was named showrunner of The Walking Dead, replacing Glen Mazzara.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He served as showrunner from the fourth season to the eighth season. During his tenure, he also became an executive producer for Fear the Walking Dead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Gimple left his role as showrunner in 2018 to become the chief content officer for The Walking Dead television series franchise. Gimple has also worked on Disney's Pepper Ann and as a writer for The Simpsons comics, including editing the Simpsons' Episode Guidebook "The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family... Continued".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He created the cartoon Fillmore! and the comic book Heroes Anonymous with Bill Morrison.<ref>Disney-Clipart – Wikki-Jake Long</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
He married actress Julia Wackenheim on August 30, 2009 and they have a son; his wife converted to Judaism upon marrying him.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
FilmEdit
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Co-writer |
TelevisionEdit
Production
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live | Executive producer (showrunner) | |
| 2021 | The Walking Dead: World Beyond | Executive producer | Seasons 1-2 |
| 2020 | |||
| 2023 | Fear the Walking Dead | Executive producer | Seasons 4–8 |
| 2021 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2018 | The Walking Dead | Executive producer | Seasons 9–11 |
| 2014 | |||
| Executive producer (showrunner) | Seasons 4–8 | ||
| 2013 | |||
| Supervising producer | Season 3 | ||
| 2012 | |||
| Producer | Season 2 | ||
| 2011 | |||
| Chase | Co-producer | Season 1 | |
| 2010 | |||
| FlashForward | Executive story editor | Season 1 | |
| 2009 | |||
| Life | Story editor | Season 2 | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2004 | Fillmore! | Creator Executive producer Dialogue director |
Season 2
Season 1 |
| 2003 | |||
| 2002 |
Writer
| Year | Show | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live | "The Last Time" | Season 1, Episode 6 (with Channing Powell) |
| "Years" | Season 1, Episode 1 (with Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln) | ||
| 2020 | The Walking Dead: World Beyond | "Brave" | Season 1, Episode 1 (with Matthew Negrete) |
| 2018 | The Walking Dead | "What Comes After" | Season 9, Episode 5 (with Matthew Negrete) |
| Fear the Walking Dead | "What's Your Story?" | Season 4, Episode 1 (with Andrew Chambliss and Ian B. Goldberg) | |
| 2014–2018 | The Walking Dead | "Wrath" | Season 8, Episode 16 (with Angela Kang and Matthew Negrete) |
| "The Big Scary U" | Season 8, Episode 5 (with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick & Angela Kang) | ||
| "Mercy" | Season 8, Episode 1 | ||
| "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" | Season 7, Episode 16 (with Angela Kang and Matthew Negrete) | ||
| "Bury Me Here" | Season 7, Episode 13 | ||
| "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" | Season 7, Episode 1 | ||
| "Last Day on Earth" | Season 6, Episode 16 (with Matthew Negrete) | ||
| "East" | Season 6, Episode 15 (with Channing Powell) | ||
| "Here's Not Here" | Season 6, Episode 4 | ||
| "First Time Again" | Season 6, Episode 1 (with Matthew Negrete) | ||
| "Conquer" | Season 5, Episode 16 (with Seth Hoffman) | ||
| "What Happened and What's Going On" | Season 5, Episode 9 | ||
| "No Sanctuary" | Season 5, Episode 1 | ||
| "A" | Season 4, Episode 16 (with Angela Kang) | ||
| "The Grove" | Season 4, Episode 14 | ||
| 2013 | Da Vinci's Demons | "The Prisoner" | Season 1, Episode 3 |
| "The Serpent" | Season 1, Episode 2 | ||
| The Walking Dead | "30 Days Without an Accident" | Season 4, Episode 1 | |
| "This Sorrowful Life" | Season 3, Episode 15 | ||
| "Clear" | Season 3, Episode 12 | ||
| 2012 | "Hounded" | Season 3, Episode 6 | |
| "18 Miles Out" | Season 2, Episode 10 (with Glen Mazzara) | ||
| 2011 | "Pretty Much Dead Already" | Season 2, Episode 7 | |
| "Save the Last One" | Season 2, Episode 3 | ||
| 2010 | Chase | "The Longest Night" | Season 2, Episode 8 |
| FlashForward | "Future Shock" | Season 1, Episode 22 (with Timothy J. Lea) | |
| "Better Angels" | Season 1, Episode 14 (with Ian B. Goldberg) | ||
| 2009 | "Black Swan" | Season 1, Episode 4 | |
| 2008 | Life | "Did You Feel That?" | Season 2, Episode 6 (with Jonathan Shapiro) |
| "Not for Nothing" | Season 2, Episode 4 | ||
| 2007 | Drive | "Rear View" | Season 1, Episode 6 (with Kristen Reidel) |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | "Eye Caramba" | Season 1, Episode 13 (story) | |
| "Miracle City Worker" | Season 1, Episode 8 | ||
| American Dragon: Jake Long | "The Love Cruise" | Season 2, Episode 18 | |
| 2006 | "The Rotwood Files" | Season 2, Episode 15 | |
| 2005 | "The Halloween Bash" | Season 1, Episode 17 | |
| 2003 | Fillmore! | "Immune to All but Justice" | Season 2, Episode 5 |
| 2002 | "Ingrid Third, Public Enemy #1" | Season 1, Episode 8 | |
| "Nappers Never Sleep" | Season 1, Episode 7 | ||
| "A Wurm in Our Midst" | Season 1, Episode 3 | ||
| 1999 | The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa | "All Pets Are Off" | Season 3, Episode 14 |
| "Cliphangers" | Season 3, Episode 39 | ||
| 1997 | Jungle Cubs | "Hair Ball" | Season 2, Episode 7 |
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