Brannon Braga

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Brannon Braga

Sir 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 more than 100 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." 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.

Braga currently works on FOX's Hit series 24, as a writer and Co-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 Flashpoint, where he also wrote the first two episodes.

Writing credits

• TNG:
  • "Reunion" (teleplay with Thomas Perry, Jo Perry and Ronald D. Moore)
  • "Identity Crisis" (teleplay)
  • "The Game" (teleplay, story with Susan Sackett and Fred Bronson)
  • "Power Play" (teleplay with Rene Balcer and Herbert J. Wright)
  • "Cause and Effect"
  • "Imaginary Friend" (teleplay with Edith Swensen)
  • "Realm of Fear"
  • "Schisms" (teleplay)
  • "A Fistful of Datas" (teleplay with Robert Hewitt Wolfe)
  • "Aquiel" (teleplay with Ronald D. Moore)
  • "Birthright, Part I"
  • "Frame of Mind"
  • "Timescape"
  • "Phantasms"
  • "Parallels"
  • "Sub Rosa" (teleplay)
  • "Eye of the Beholder" (story)
  • "Genesis"
  • "Emergence" (story)
  • "All Good Things..." (with Ronald D. Moore)
• VOY:
  • "Parallax" (teleplay)
  • "Phage" (teleplay with Skye Dent)
  • "The Cloud" (story)
  • "Emanations"
  • "Cathexis" (teleplay, story with Joe Menosky)
  • "The 37's" (with Jeri Taylor)
  • "Projections"
  • "Non Sequitur"
  • "Cold Fire" (teleplay)
  • "Threshold" (teleplay)
  • "Deadlock"
  • "Flashback"
  • "Remember" (story with Joe Menosky)
  • "Future's End" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Future's End, Part II" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Macrocosm"
  • "Darkling" (story with Joe Menosky)
  • "Rise" (teleplay)
  • "Distant Origin" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Scorpion" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Scorpion, Part II" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Year of Hell" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Year of Hell, Part II" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Prey"
  • "The Killing Game" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "The Killing Game, Part II" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Living Witness" (teleplay with Bryan Fuller and Joe Menosky, story)
  • "Hope and Fear" (teleplay with Joe Menosky, story with Rick Berman and Joe Menosky)
  • "Night" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Drone" (with Bryan Fuller and Joe Menosky)
  • "Timeless" (teleplay with Joe Menosky, story with Rick Berman and Joe Menosky)
  • "Latent Image" (story with Eileen Connors and Joe Menosky)
  • "Dark Frontier" (with Joe Menosky)
  • "Think Tank" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Someone to Watch Over Me" (story)
  • "11:59" (story with Joe Menosky)
  • "Warhead" (story)
  • "Equinox" (teleplay with Joe Menosky, story with Rick Berman and Joe Menosky)
  • "Equinox, Part II" (teleplay with Joe Menosky, story with Rick Berman and Joe Menosky)
  • "Dragon's Teeth" (with Michael Taylor and Joe Menosky)
  • "Memorial" (story)
  • "Fury" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Life Line" (teleplay with Robert Doherty and Raf Green)
  • "Unimatrix Zero" (teleplay with Joe Menosky)
  • "Unimatrix Zero, Part II" (teleplay with Joe Menosky, story with Mike Sussman and Joe Menosky)
  • "Human Error" (teleplay with André Bormanis)
  • "Author, Author" (story)
  • "Endgame" (story with Rick Berman and Kenneth Biller)
• ENT:
  • "Broken Bow" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Fight or Flight" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Strange New World" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Unexpected" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Terra Nova" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "The Andorian Incident" (story with Rick Berman and Fred Dekker)
  • "Shadows of P'Jem" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Fusion" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Shuttlepod One" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Rogue Planet" (story with Rick Berman and Chris Black)
  • "Acquisition" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Oasis" (story with Rick Berman and Stephen Beck)
  • "Detained" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Vox Sola" (story with Rick Berman and Fred Dekker)
  • "Fallen Hero" (with Rick Berman and Chris Black)
  • "Desert Crossing" (story with Rick Berman and André Bormanis)
  • "Two Days and Two Nights" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Shockwave" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Shockwave, Part II" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Carbon Creek" (story with Rick Berman and Dan O'Shannon)
  • "A Night in Sickbay" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Marauders" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "The Seventh" (with Rick Berman)
  • "The Communicator" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Vanishing Point" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Precious Cargo" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Stigma" (with Rick Berman)
  • "The Crossing" (teleplay with Rick Berman, story with Rick Berman and André Bormanis)
  • "Cogenitor" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Bounty" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "The Expanse" (with Rick Berman)
  • "The Xindi" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Carpenter Street" (with Rick Berman)
  • "Harbinger" (story with Rick Berman)
  • "Azati Prime" (story with Rick Berman and Manny Coto)
  • "Zero Hour" (with Rick Berman)
  • "These Are the Voyages..." (with Rick Berman)
• Films:
  • Star Trek Generations (screenplay with Ronald D. Moore, story with Rick Berman and Ronald D. Moore)
  • Star Trek: First Contact (screenplay with Ronald D. Moore, story with Rick Berman and Ronald D. Moore)

Acting appearance

Brannon Braga First Contact.jpg

Man at table
Star Trek: First Contact
(uncredited)

See also

• Archive of Brannon Braga's AOL chats

External links

• Brannon Braga at Wikipedia
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• Braga Reflects on Trek on Trekmovie.com