Bill Dubuque

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’s 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 development.^{[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 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] In September 2024, he wrote and executive produced the Netflix series His & Hers.^[17]