Bill Dubuque

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Bill Dubuque
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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] In 2017 he scripted an upcoming DC Extended Universe Nightwing film [5] [6] and has written The Accountant 2 . [7] [8] [9]

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Biography

Dubuque was born in St. Louis, Missouri, spending time working on the Lake of the Ozarks as a teen. [4] [10] He still lives in St. Louis, with his wife and three children, [10] with whom he still frequently visits the Lake of the Ozarks. [10]

Before starting as a screenwriter in 2008, Dubuque worked as a recruitment headhunter. [1] [10] 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] [11] 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 [12] and named to the 2012 Black List with 20 mentions. [13] [14]

In 2015, Dubuque successfully pitched an action-adventure called The Real McCoy to Universal Pictures, with Chris Pratt attached to star; [15] as of January 2018, the film is still in production. [16] [ better source needed ] Another collaboration with Mark Williams, A Family Man, was released in 2016; [17] with a working title of The Headhunter's Calling, the script was based on Dubuque's previous work in recruitment. [18] Dubuque's teenage experiences at an Ozarks resort [10] led him to work again with producer Mark Williams [19] and male lead Jason Bateman [15] on developing the series Ozark, which was released on Netflix in 2017 and quickly renewed for a second season, [19] as well as earning the writing team a Writers Guild of America Award nomination. [20] In April 2019, Dubuque replaced Damian Szifron as the screenwriter for the film adaptation of The Six Million Dollar Man . [21]

Filmography

YearTitleNotesRef
2014 The Judge Screenplay [3]
2016 A Family Man Written by and executive producer [2]
The Accountant Written by [1]
2017-2022 Ozark
  • Created by
  • Executive producer
  • Story by (2 episodes)
  • Teleplay by (2 episodes)
  • Nominated:
 [4] [10] [20]
TBAThe Night GardenerAnimation Screenplay
The Accountant 2 Written by

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  19. 1 2 Lesley Goldberg (August 15, 2017). "Ozark Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 6, 2018.
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