Alfred Gough

Born 1967 · American screenwriter and producer

Alfred Gough 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 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.

Alfred Gough, in order

1. 1997 Double Tap: wrote · directed by Greg Yaitanes
2. 1998 Lethal Weapon 4: wrote · directed by Richard Donner · critics 57%, audiences 64%
3. 1999 Made Men: wrote · directed by Louis Morneau
4. 1999 The Strip (TV series): created
5. 2000 Shanghai Noon: wrote · directed by Tom Dey · critics 80%, audiences 65%
6. 2001–02 Smallville (TV series): wrote, created
7. 2002 Showtime: wrote · directed by Tom Dey · critics 26%, audiences 25%
8. 2003 Shanghai Knights: wrote · directed by David Dobkin
9. 2004 Spider-Man 2: wrote · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 93%, audiences 82% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
10. 2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded: wrote · directed by Angela Robinson
11. 2006 Aquaman: wrote · directed by Greg Beeman
12. 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: wrote · directed by Rob Cohen
13. 2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie: produced · directed by Peter Chelsom
14. 2011 I Am Number Four: wrote · directed by D.J. Caruso · critics 32%, audiences 57%
15. 2012 Bullet to the Head: produced · directed by Walter Hill
16. 2015 Into the Badlands (TV series): wrote, created · directed by David Dobkin and Guy Ferland
17. 2016 The Shannara Chronicles (TV series): created
18. 2022 Wednesday (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Tim Burton
19. 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: wrote · directed by Tim Burton