Brannon Braga

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 Mission: Impossible 2, Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. He served as an executive producer on the Fox primetime series, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, 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.

Works

The End Is Nye
6.0

The End Is Nye

Explore the myths and realities of both natural and unnatural threats, from viruses to volcanoes, asteroids to authoritarianism, and climate change to chemical warfare.

Release Date: 2022-08-25

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 9

The Shuttlepod Show
10.0

The Shuttlepod Show

Actors Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, and Erica LaRose explore all things Star Trek, life on Earth, and more. Join Star Trek Enterprise's Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Trinneer) and Lieutenant Malcom Reed (Keating) as they sit down with remarkable guests and have in depth conversations about Life, Star Trek, experiences behind the scenes and more.

Release Date: 2022-02-20

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 2

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
6.9

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

In honor of the sci-fi franchise’s 55th anniversary this year and produced by The Nacelle Company, the project will feature interviews with cast, crew and experts as it explores pivotal moments in the franchise’s history, from its inception at Lucille Ball’s production company Desilu to recent film and television adaptations.

Release Date: 2021-11-05

Character: Self

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 16

6.3

Books of Blood

A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

Release Date: 2020-10-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 446

Cosmos: Possible Worlds
7.3

Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Returning for its third installment, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning COSMOS will once again be executive-produced, written and directed by Ann Druyan (NASA’s Voyager Record, “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,” “Contact”); executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane, Brannon Braga and Jason Clark; and hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famed pop-culture icon and astrophysicist.

Release Date: 2020-03-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 8

The Orville
7.6

The Orville

Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.

Release Date: 2017-09-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 1202

6.6

50 Years of Star Trek

Over the last fifty years, America has been fascinated by Star Trek since it first aired in September of 1966. This 2-hour documentary celebrates the 50th anniversary through interviews with cast and crew members from every television series and the original films.

Release Date: 2016-08-14

Character: Self

Vote Count: 22

Salem
7.3

Salem

Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American history. In Salem, witches are real, but they are not who or what they seem.

Release Date: 2014-04-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 340

Cosmos
8.5

Cosmos

Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the laws of gravity and the origins of space and time.

Release Date: 2014-03-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Self

Episode Count: 15

Vote Count: 1549

4.5

Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory

This 90 minute documentary features all-new interviews with the show's cast and crew as well as behind the scenes archival content providing fans an inside look at the challenges faced during the second season of ENTERPRISE as the writing staff and creators struggled to find the right tone and creative course for the series, ultimately developing the controversial XINDI story-arc which kicks off with the season finale: THE EXPANSE.

Release Date: 2013-08-20

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

The Captains Close Up
6.6

The Captains Close Up

In this documentary mini series, Shatner, in each of the five half an hour episodes, presents and interviews one of the people who played the five Star Trek captains before the 2009 reboot. Chris Pine interviews him.

Release Date: 2013-05-16

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 9

In Conversation: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga

In Conversation: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga is a 70-minute behind-the-scenes documentary. As the title already suggests, it consists of an indepth discussion session between former Star Trek: Enterprise producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga about their involvement with the series, that has turned out so controversial among fans, and in which both men are discussing their side of the story. Conducted on 12 December 2012, the session was produced for inclusion as a special feature (or "VAM" – Value Added Material – as special feature producers Roger Lay, Jr. and Robert Meyer Burnett have dubbed these) on the 2013 ENT Season 1 Blu-ray set, where it can be found on disc 1.

Release Date: 2013-03-26

Character: Self

Terra Nova
6.8

Terra Nova

In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with the majority of plant and animal life extinct. The future of mankind is in jeopardy, and its only hope for survival is in the distant past. An ordinary family goes on an extraordinary journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a part of a massive expedition to save the human race.

Release Date: 2011-09-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 11

Vote Count: 782

7.8

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.

Release Date: 2010-05-04

Character: Self

Vote Count: 157

FlashForward
7.0

FlashForward

When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to exist. Knowing their fate will alter each person's life, destinies will be changed.

Release Date: 2009-09-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 480

From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel

Documentary on the making of 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' (1970).

Release Date: 2008-11-04

Character: Self

5.4

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and features interviews with cast, crew and fans.

Release Date: 2007-02-19

Character: Self

Vote Count: 6

Threshold
7.1

Threshold

Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.

Release Date: 2005-09-16

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 75

6.4

Trekkies 2

Denise Crosby takes another look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" and how the series from around the world has affected and shaped their lives.

Release Date: 2004-04-20

Character: Himself

Vote Count: 22

24
7.8

24

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

Release Date: 2001-11-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 14

Vote Count: 1562

Star Trek: Enterprise
7.6

Star Trek: Enterprise

During the mid-22nd century, a century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.

Release Date: 2001-09-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Self

Episode Count: 21

Vote Count: 826

6.1

Mission: Impossible II

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.

Release Date: 2000-05-24

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 6846

6.4

Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier

Dark Frontier" is a feature length TV Movie of Star Trek: Voyager, the 15th and 16th episodes of the fifth season. This episode originally aired as a feature-length episode that was later broken up into two parts for reruns in syndication.

Release Date: 1999-02-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 5

6.3

Trekkies

Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.

Release Date: 1997-10-18

Character: Self

Vote Count: 57

7.3

Star Trek: First Contact

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

Release Date: 1996-11-22

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1785

0.8

Star Trek Story

Gene Roddenberry's Utopian vision of humanity in the 24th century had a profound effect on American viewers. During the height of the Cold War, the tension of the civil rights movement and the jingoism of the Vietnam War, they saw a multicultural crew working together on the bridge of the Enterprise. Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Nichelle Nicols, Brent Spiner and others reflect on Star Trek's cultural impact over its 30-year history, and contemplate its future on the small screen.

Release Date: 1996-08-26

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright

The Enterprise arrives at Deep Space Nine where a mysterious alien, Jaglom Shrek, claims he can prove that Worf's father Mogh, is still alive. Meanwhile, an accident in engineering incapacitates Data. After he's revived, he insists he saw his father, Dr. Noonien Soong, while unconscious. Dr. Bashir, the station's physician, theorizes that Data may have had a dream. Intrigued, Data attempts to reenter his dream state in order to learn more about his creator, while Worf seeks out Shrek and embarks on a journey to a distant Romulan prison where his father is supposedly being held. What he finds there could be deadly...

Release Date: 1995-04-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Star Trek: Voyager
7.8

Star Trek: Voyager

Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

Release Date: 1995-01-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 46

Vote Count: 959

6.5

Star Trek: Generations

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.

Release Date: 1994-11-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1349

Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

Release Date: 1987-09-28

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 22

Vote Count: 1538

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