Bill Dubuque
American screenwriter
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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]
Bill Dubuque | |
|---|---|
| Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Biography
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 was 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, it was revealed that Dubuque had replaced Damian Szifron as the screenwriter for the film adaptation of The Six Million Dollar Man.[16]
In 2024, it was announced that he would wrote and executive produce the Netflix limited series His & Hers.[17], which premiered on January 8, 2026.[18] In the same year, Peacock gave the series order of M.I.A. which he serves as a creator, writer and executive producer.[19] The series premiered on May 7, 2026.[20]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Writer | Executive producer |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Judge | Yes | No | [3] |
| 2016 | A Family Man | Yes | Yes | [2] |
| The Accountant | Yes | No | [1] | |
| 2025 | The Accountant 2 | Yes | No |
Television
| Year | Title | Creator | Writer | Executive producer |
Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–2022 | Ozark | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominations:
|
[4][5][15] |
| 2026 | His & Hers | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| M.I.A. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
