| Bill Dubuque | |
| Birth Place: | 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]
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 Varietys 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] the film is still in production. Another collaboration with Mark Williams, A Family Man, was released in 2016;[11] with a working title of The Headhunter's Calling, the script was based on Dubuque's previous work in recruitment.[12] Dubuque's teenage experiences at an Ozarks resort[5] led him to work again with producer Mark Williams[13] 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,[13] as well as earning the writing team a Writers Guild of America Award nomination.[14] In April 2019, Dubuque replaced Damian Szifron as the screenwriter for the film adaptation of The Six Million Dollar Man.[15]
| Year | Title | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Judge | Screenplay | ||
| 2016 | A Family Man | Written by and executive producer | ||
| The Accountant | Written by | |||
| 2017-2022 | Ozark |
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| 2025 | The Accountant 2 | Written by | ||
| TBA | The Night Gardener | Animation Screenplay |