Sam Catlin

Biography

Sam Catlin is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is the showrunner of AMC's Preacher, and previously worked as a writer/producer on Breaking Bad. He has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for his work on the series.

Career Overview

Sam Catlin has 14 screen credits in a career dating back to 1990. Signature works include The Great New Wonderful. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

14

Known For

• 

  The Great New Wonderful

Frequent Collaborators

• Dean Hurley (1 collaborations)
• Harlan Bosmajian (1 collaborations)
• Danny Leiner (1 collaborations)
• Olympia Dukakis (1 collaborations)
• Jim Gaffigan (1 collaborations)
• Judy Greer (1 collaborations)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal (1 collaborations)
• Tom McCarthy (1 collaborations)
• Sharat Saxena (1 collaborations)
• Naseeruddin Shah (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (2 credits)

  • Sugar

    executive producer

    production

    - Like Sugar (2026) ... executive producer production

    - What Else Can You Do? (2026) ... executive producer production

    - Cautionary Tale (2026) ... executive producer production

    - Unknowns (2026) ... executive producer production

    - Off 15 (2026) ... executive producer production
    2024
  • Preacher

    executive producer

    production

    - End of the World (2019) ... executive producer production

    - Overture (2019) ... executive producer production

    - Fear of the Lord (2019) ... executive producer production

    - Messiahs (2019) ... executive producer production

    - The Lost Apostle (2019) ... executive producer production
    2016

• creators (1 credits)

  • Preacher

    creator

    creators
    2016

• actors (7 credits)

  • The Interview

    News Anchor

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • White Oleander

    Teacher

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Guardian

    - Sacrifice (2002) ... A.D.A. Ted Morrison actor actors

    - Feeding Frenzy (2001) ... Stu Bynum actor actors
    2001
  • Lisa Picard Is Famous

    Michael

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Practice

    - Death Penalties (2000) ... Kevin Houle actor actors
    1997
  • Law & Order

    - Expert (1998) ... Maitre D' actor actors
    1990

• writing (3 credits)

  • Sugar

    - Like Sugar (2026) ... writer writing

    - Home Away from Home (2026) ... writer writing

    - Farewell (2024) ... writer writing

    - The Friends You Keep (2024) ... writer writing

    - Go Home (2024) ... writer writing
    2024
  • Preacher

    - End of the World (2019) ... writer writing

    - Masada (2019) ... writer writing

    - The Light Above (2018) ... writer writing

    - Angelville (2018) ... writer writing

    - The End of the Road (2017) ... writer writing
    2016
  • The Great New Wonderful

    screenplay

    writing
    2005

• directing (1 credits)

  • Preacher

    - End of the World (2019) ... director directing

    - The Light Above (2018) ... director directing

    - Call and Response (2016) ... director directing
    2016