Brannon Braga

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Brannon Braga (Template:IPAc-en; born August 14, 1965)<ref name=braga2>Template:Cite web</ref> is an American television producer, director and screenwriter. Best known for his work in the Star Trek franchise, Braga was a key creative force behind three of the franchise's live action series and is credited for writing on a total 109 episodes - the most of any writer in Star Trek's history. He later became an executive producer and writer on several Fox shows including 24, Terra Nova, and The Orville.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> His film credits include Mission: Impossible 2, Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He served as an executive producer on the Fox primetime series, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a re-launch of the 1980 miniseries hosted by Carl Sagan for which Braga won a Peabody Award,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Critics Choice Award,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Producers Guild Award.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition, Braga has been nominated for three Emmy Awards. Braga also served as writer, executive producer, and co-creator of the drama series Salem, WGN America's first original series.

Career

Braga started out as an intern on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1990 as part of the Television Academy Foundation's internship program, eventually becoming a co-producer for the series' final season. He was part of the creative team nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1994 for Outstanding Drama Series, and won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1995 for his work on the series finale, "All Good Things..." along with longtime collaborator Ronald D. Moore. His credits on that series include a number of popular episodes including "Cause and Effect", "Frame of Mind" and "Parallels".

He then joined Star Trek: Voyager as a producer and was tapped to serve as executive producer the following year. He served as showrunner for Voyager until the end of the sixth season when he moved to Star Trek: Enterprise. He teamed up with Moore to write two Star Trek feature films – Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. They would also later develop the Mission: Impossible 2 screenplay. He went on to co-create Star Trek: Enterprise and led that series as executive producer until its fourth and final season.

Before the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise, Braga co-created the CBS science fiction drama series Threshold,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> he was brought on as an executive producer and writer on the Fox series, 24, penning episodes in the seventh and eight seasons. He was also an executive producer and writer on the 2009 ABC science fiction series FlashForward.

While at the helm of Terra Nova, Braga was approached to co-write a four-part comic book series Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hive for IDW, which made its debut in 2012.

Braga was the producer and one of the directors of the 2014 science education series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a sequel to the 1980 series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage that was hosted by Carl Sagan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The project saw Braga collaborating with the original series' writer and Sagan's widow, Ann Druyan, executive producer Seth MacFarlane and host Neil DeGrasse Tyson. The 13-episode series premiered March 9, 2014,<ref name=HeroComplex>Phillips, Jevon (February 27, 2014). "Brannon Braga talks new TV treks with series 'Salem,' 'Cosmos' reboot". Hero Complex. Los Angeles Times.</ref><ref>Bell, Josh (September 12, 2012). "Brannon Braga Returns to 'Star Trek' with 'Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hive'". Comic Book Resources.</ref> and received mostly positive reaction from critics and viewers.<ref>"Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey : Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved August 28, 2014.</ref> Braga was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the show.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The following month saw the premiere of the historical fantasy drama television series Salem, which Braga co-created with Adam Simon, and on which he serves as one of the executive producers.<ref name=HeroComplex/> in 2014, he directed the Marilyn Manson music video "Cupid Carries a Gun" off The Pale Emperor album.<ref>Marilyn Manson's The Pale Emperor Streaming In Full</ref>

Braga is one of the producers of The Orville, a 2017 science fiction comedy drama inspired by Star Trek. He also directed several episodes of the series.

Personal life

Braga attended Kent State University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, studying Theater Arts and Filmmaking.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

During production of Star Trek: Voyager, Braga dated star Jeri Ryan for several years after she joined the cast in the fourth season.<ref>Tyler, Aisha (July 3, 2013). "girl on guy 100: jeri ryan". Aisha Tyler. 45:47 mark. Retrieved August 29, 2014.</ref> Between February and November 2000, they were stalked by Marlon Estacio Pagtakhan, who was convicted for harassment and threats in May 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Braga gave a speech at the International Atheist Conference in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2006, where he discussed mythologies, specifically the atheistic future for humanity that Gene Roddenberry imagined in Star Trek.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Executive
producer
1994 Star Trek Generations Template:No Template:Yes Template:No
1996 Star Trek: First Contact Template:No Template:Yes Template:No
2000 Mission: Impossible 2 Template:No Template:Yes Template:No
2020 Books of Blood Template:Yes Template:Yes Template:Yes
2024 Bob Trevino Likes It Template:No Template:No Template:Yes

Television

Year Title Creator Director Producer Writer Executive
producer 		Notes
1990–94 Star Trek: The Next Generation Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes (21) Template:No Staff writer Template:Small
Story editor Template:Small
Co-producer Template:Small
1995–2001 Star Trek: Voyager Template:No Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes (49) Template:Yes Producer Template:Small
Supervising producer Template:Small
Co-executive producer Template:Small
Executive producer Template:Small
Consulting producer Template:Small
2001–05 Star Trek: Enterprise Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes (38) Template:Yes
2005–06 Threshold Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes (1) Template:Yes
2008 24: Redemption Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:No Television film
Co-executive producer
2009–10 24 Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes (16) Template:Yes Co-executive producer Template:Small
Executive producer Template:Small
2009–10 FlashForward Template:Yes Template:No Template:No Template:Yes (2) Template:Yes
2011 Terra Nova Template:No Template:No Template:No Template:Yes (3) Template:Yes
2014 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Template:No Template:Yes (8) Template:No Template:No Template:Yes
2014–17 Salem Template:Yes Template:Yes (2) Template:Yes Template:Yes (8) Template:Yes
2017–22 The Orville Template:No Template:Yes (4) Template:No Template:Yes (7) Template:Yes
2020 Cosmos: Possible Worlds Template:No Template:Yes (7) Template:No Template:Yes (11) Template:Yes
2022 The End Is Nye Template:No Template:Yes Template:No Template:Yes Template:Yes

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