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Alfred Gough

1967 - Today

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Alfred Gough ( GOF; born August 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer, writer, director, showrunner and creator. He is the developer of The WB/The CW's Superman-prequel television series Smallville. Alongside longtime writing/producing partner Miles Millar, Gough co-created other television programs like AMC's 2015 wuxia-influenced dystopian television series Into the Badlands, MTV's 2016 epic fantasy television series The Shannara Chronicles (based on The Sword of Shannara Trilogy book trilogy by Terry Brooks) and Netflix's Wednesday, the Tim Burton-helmed Addams Family spin-off. Among his feature film credits he wrote or produced are Shanghai Noon and its sequel Shanghai Knights, Spider-Man 2, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Hannah Montana: The Movie and Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Gough is the 6,979th most popular writer (down from 6,936th in 2024), the 15,314th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,046th in 2019) and the 1,081st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Alfred Gough ranks 6,979 out of 7,302. Before him are Charley Boorman, Guillermo Martínez, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Edwin O'Connor, Amarna Miller, and Avijit Roy. After him are Ann Leckie, Elizabeth David, Louisa Lawson, Noel Streatfeild, David Sedaris, and Giorgio A. Tsoukalos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Alfred Gough ranks 724. Before him are Takafumi Hori, Luck Mervil, Reed Diamond, Géza Röhrig, Carlos Mencia, and Stefan Krauße. After him are Iliyan Kiryakov, Mark Deklin, Nadhim Zahawi, Peter Rono, Bruny Surin, and Anna Biryukova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Gough ranks 15,320 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Souza (1964), Rob Benedict (1970), Max Carver (1988), Henry Kolker (1874), Dirk Kempthorne (1951), and Mundell Lowe (1922). After him are George Poage (1880), Zell Miller (1932), Deborah S. Jin (1968), Rachel Starr (1983), Diane Schuur (1953), and The Sandman (1963).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alfred Gough ranks 1,081. Before him are Deborah Feldman (1986), Robert Pinsky (1940), Peter V. Brett (1973), Elizabeth Kostova (1964), Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875), and Edwin O'Connor (1918). After him are Ann Leckie (1966), David Sedaris (1956), Sidney Lanier (1842), Kage Baker (1952), Carl Hiaasen (1953), and Edward P. Jones (1950).

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