Brannon Braga 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 five modern series. He later became an executive producer and writer on several Fox shows including 24, Terra Nova, and The Orville. His film credits include ', Star Trek Generations and '. He served as an executive producer on the Fox primetime series, , a re-launch of the 1980 miniseries hosted by Carl Sagan for which Braga won a Peabody Award, Critics Choice Award, and Producers Guild Award. 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 ' in 1990 as part of the , 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... |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 |Cause and Effect", "Frame of Mind |Frame of Mind" and "Parallels |Parallels". He then joined ' 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 '. He teamed up with Moore to write two Star Trekfeature films – Star Trek Generations and '. They would also later develop the ' 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, 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 seriesStar 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 ', a sequel to the 1980 series that was hosted by Carl Sagan. 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, and received mostly positive reaction from critics and viewers. Braga was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the show. 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. in 2014, he directed the Marilyn Mansonmusic video "Cupid Carries a Gun" off The Pale Emperor album. 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
During production of Star Trek: Voyager, Braga dated star Jeri Ryan for a couple of years after she joined the cast in the fourth season. Between February and November 2000, they were stalked by Marlon Estacio Pagtakhan, who was convicted for harassment and threats in May 2001.
