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Bill Dubuque
Bill Dubuque
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]

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 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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes	Ref
2014	The Judge	Screenplay	^[3]
2016	A Family Man	Written by and executive producer	^[2]
2016	The Accountant	Written by	^[1]
2017-2022	Ozark	Created by Executive producer Story by (2 episodes) Teleplay by (2 episodes) Nominated: Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series Producers Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	^[4]^[5]^[15]
2025	The Accountant 2	Written by
TBA	The Night Gardener	Animation Screenplay