Brannon Braga

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Brannon Braga
Birth name:	Brannon Braga
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	14 August 1965
Place of birth:	Bozeman, Montana, USA
Awards for Trek:	1 Emmy nomination
Roles:	Writer, producer (TNG, VOY, ENT, 2 films)
Character(s):	Man at table (cameo)

Brannon Braga (born 14 August 1965; age 43) was a writer, producer and creator on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Writing credits 3 Acting appearance 4 External links 5 References

[edit] 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.

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 afterwards citing creative differences with Braga and the other Voyager writers and criticizing the lack of emphasis on continuity.

In 1997, 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 has since 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 in to 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.

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[edit] Acting appearance

Man at table Star Trek: First Contact (uncredited)

[edit] External links

• Brannon Braga at Wikipedia
• Brannon Braga at the Internet Movie Database
• Braga Reflects on Trek on Trekmovie.com

[edit] References

1. ↑ International Atheist Conference in Reykjavik Iceland June 24 & 25, 2006. Archive of speech at [1]