Brannon Braga

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Brannon Braga

Brannon Braga (born 14 August 1965; age 58) was a writer, producer and creator, sering as such on the spin-off television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as on the Star Trek movies Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. Braga was recognized for his work on the Star Trek franchise with nine award nominations, winning two of them.

A twenty-five year old youth, Brannon Braga started working on Star Trek in 1990 as a writer/producer on The Next Generation, it being his first professional employment within the motion picture industry. 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. He is a big fan of directors Roman Polanski and David Lynch and their way to create mysterious atmospheres. As a result he was very happy with the way the seventh season episode "Genesis" was brought up. (TNG Season 7 DVD-special feature, "Departmental Briefing Year Seven: Production") Braga also co-wrote the movies Generations (1994) and 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 Mission: Impossible II 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. During his time on Star Trek: Voyager he entered into a relationship with Seven of Nine actress Jeri Ryan, which has since ended. After Star Trek: Deep Space Nine finished its run, Braga immediately hired his Next Generation writing partner Moore for Voyager, 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 had been rumored to have worked in the early stages on the 2009 movie, Star Trek, but Braga has since made it clear that his days with the Star Trek franchise were over.

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

Career outside Star Trek

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")

After his tenure on the Star Trek franchise 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 canceled after 13 episodes (from which only 9 was aired). Braga also wrote the first two episodes of the series.

From 2009-2010, Braga 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 also credited for the television film 24: Redemption as co-executive producer.

In 2009, Braga co-created the series FlashForward, where he also served as executive producer and wrote the first two episodes. In 2012, he served as executive producer and writer on Terra Nova, a science fiction action series. Both shows were cancelled after one season.

Braga's latest work is credited as Executive Producer and Director for the 2014 docu-series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a successor to the 1980 series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. [1]

Writing credits

• TNG:
  • Season 4 - Staff Writer/Intern (26 episodes, uncredited)
  • "Reunion" (teleplay with Thomas Perry, Jo Perry and Ronald D. Moore)
  • "Identity Crisis" (teleplay)
  • Season 5 - Staff Writer/Intern (26 episodes, uncredited)
  • "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)
  • Season 6 - Story Editor (26 episodes)
  • "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"
  • "Liaisons" (uncredited)
  • "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)

Producing credits

• Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Descent, Part II" - "All Good Things...") - Co-Producer
• Star Trek: Voyager ("Parallax" - "The 37's") - Producer
• Star Trek: Voyager ("Initiations" - "Scorpion") - Supervising Producer
• Star Trek: Voyager ("Scorpion, Part II" - "Hope and Fear") - Co-Executive Producer
• Star Trek: Voyager ("Night" - "Unimatrix Zero, Part II") - Executive Producer
• Star Trek: Voyager ("Imperfection" - "Endgame") - Consulting Producer
• Star Trek: Enterprise - Executive Producer

Acting appearance

Nightclub patron
Star Trek: First Contact
(uncredited)

Star Trek interviews

• TNG Season 4 DVD special feature "Chronicles from the Final Frontier", interviewed on 15 November 2002
• TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("Cause and Effect"), interviewed on 15 November 2001
• TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Intergalactic Guest Stars" ("Crew Profile: Ensign Robin Lefler", "Profile: Captain Morgan Bateson"), interviewed on 15 November 2001
• TNG Season 6 DVD special feature "Bold New Directions Year Six", interviewed on 15 November 2001
• TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Mission Overview Year Seven", interviewed on 15 November 2001
• TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Seven: Production" ("New Director, New Challenges", "Creating Parallel Worlds"), interviewed on 15 November 2001
• TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "The Making of "All Good Things..." Year Seven" ("Writing The Final Episode"), interviewed on 15 November 2001

Star Trek awards

For his work on Star Trek Ron D. Moore received the following awards and nominations in the various writing categories:

Emmy Award

Moore received the following Emmy Award nomination in the category "Outstanding Drama Series":

• 1994 Emmy Award nomination for Star Trek: The Next Generation, shared with Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor, David Livingston, Peter Lauritson, Merri D. Howard, Wendy Neuss, and Ron D. Moore

Hugo Awards

Moore received the following Hugo Award and nominations in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation":

• 1995 Hugo Award for the episode TNG: "All Good Things...", shared with Winrich Kolbe and Ron D. Moore
• 1995 Hugo Award nomination for Star Trek Generations, shared with David Carson, Rick Berman, and Ron D. Moore
• 1997 Hugo Award nomination for Star Trek: First Contact, shared with Jonathan Frakes, Rick Berman, and Ron D. Moore
• 1997 Hugo Award nomination for the episode DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations", shared with Jonathan West, René Echevarria, Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler, and Robert Hewitt Wolfe
• 2003 Hugo Award nomination for the episode ENT: "A Night in Sickbay", shared with David Straiton, and Rick Berman
• 2003 Hugo Award nomination for the episode ENT: "Carbon Creek", shared with James Contner, Chris Black, Rick Berman, and Dan O'Shannon

Saturn Award

Moore received the following Saturn Award nomination in the category "Best Writer":

• 1997 Saturn Award nomination for the episode "All Good Things...", shared with Ron D. Moore

Universe Reader's Choice Award

Moore received the following Universe Reader's Choice Award in the category "Best Writing for a Genre Motion Picture":

• 1995 for Star Trek Generations, shared with Ron D. Moore

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
• 2013 two part interview with Brannon Braga at Trekcore.com