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Brannon Braga (born 14 August 1965; age 58) was a writer, producer and creator on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise.

Biography

Braga began working on Star Trek in 1990 as a writer/producer on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

As a writer/producer on The Next Generation, he was responsible for some popular episodes including the series finale "All Good Things...". For this episode he won the Hugo Award for excellence in science fiction writing, along with Ronald D. Moore. Braga also co-wrote the movies Star Trek Generations (1994) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996). In all, he has written or co-written 106 Star Trek episodes, more than anyone else in the history of the franchise.

At the same time, Braga co-wrote a first draft of Template:IMDb-name once again in collaboration with Moore.

Braga moved to Star Trek: Voyager as a producer, receiving a promotion to Co-Executive Producer in 1997 and a further promotion to Executive Producer in 1998 when Jeri Taylor retired.

After Star Trek: Deep Space Nine finished its run, Braga immediately hired his Next Generation writing partner Moore, but Moore resigned shortly afterward citing creative differences with Braga and the other Voyager writers and criticizing the lack of emphasis on continuity.

In 2000, Braga began work on Star Trek: Enterprise as the series' co-creator with Rick Berman (leaving Kenneth Biller to take over the production of Voyager), and had become Star Trek's "number two man" behind Berman. Braga and Berman were rumored to be working on the upcoming Star Trek, but Braga has since made it clear that his days with the Trek franchise are over.

During his time on Star Trek: Voyager he entered into a relationship with Jeri Ryan which has since ended.

Braga was born in Bozeman, Montana and has frequently slipped references to his place of birth into episodes and films he has written (see USS Bozeman, Eli Hollander, Gallatin). He studied Theater Arts and Filmmaking at Kent State University and The University of California. He received the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Writing Internship in 1990. An atheist, he has suggested Star Trek as an "atheistic mythology."[1] Braga is a big fan of directors Roman Polanski and David Lynch. (TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Department Briefings - Year Seven")

His three main writing collaborators, in chronological order, were Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, and Rick Berman, for TNG, VOY, and ENT, respectively.

After his Star Trek assignment ended, Braga worked on various other television projects. In 2005, he was the executive producer of the CBS science fiction series Threshold (co-starring Brent Spiner), which was cancelled after 13 episodes (from which only 9 was aired). Braga also wrote the first two episodes of the series.

Braga recently worked on FOX's hit series 24, as a writer and Executive Producer, working alongside former Enterprise writer/producer Manny Coto on several scripts. He is credited in the television film 24: Redemption as co-executive producer.

Braga also co-created the series FlashForward in 2009, where he also served as executive producer and wrote the first two episodes. This series was also cancelled after one season, lasting 22 episodes.

His most recent work is Terra Nova, a science fiction action series, which debuted on the fall of 2011, on which Braga served as executive producer and writer. This series was also cancelled after its first season, as was announced in March 2012. [1]

Writing credits

Producing credits

Acting appearance

Star Trek interviews

See also

External links

References

  1. International Atheist Conference in Reykjavik Iceland June 24 & 25, 2006. Archive of speech at Template:Brokenlink
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