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

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 Date2014-03-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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Episode Count15

Vote Count1682

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 Date2004-04-20

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Vote Count25

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 Date2022-02-20

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Episode Count2

Vote Count2

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 Date2013-05-16

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Episode Count1

Vote Count10

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 Date1997-10-18

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Vote Count66

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 Date1996-08-26

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Vote Count3

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 Date2010-05-04

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Vote Count172

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 Date2013-08-20

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Vote Count2

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 Date2016-08-14

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Vote Count24

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 Date2013-03-26

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Chaos on the Bridge

Canadian acting legend William Shatner takes viewers inside the creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the bold attempt in 1986 to recreate the success of the original television series, in which Shatner played Captain James T. Kirk.

Release Date2014-08-25

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Vote Count55

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

Release Date2024-11-07

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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 Date2007-02-19

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Vote Count6

From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel

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

Release Date2008-11-04

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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 Date2001-11-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count1803

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 Date1987-09-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count22

Vote Count1779

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 Date1995-01-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count46

Vote Count1108

The Orville

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

Release Date2017-09-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

Vote Count1419

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 Date2001-09-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count21

Vote Count951

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 Date2014-04-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count386

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 Date2009-09-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count542

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 Date2011-09-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count887

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 Date2000-05-24

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count7627

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 Date2005-09-16

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count13

Vote Count84

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 Date1996-11-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1969

Books of Blood

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

Release Date2020-10-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count520

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 Date1994-11-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1504

Star Trek Voyager - Future's End

A timeship from the future who tries to stop Voyager gets thrown with Voyager into the twentieth century. His timeship is found in 1967 and Voyager discovers that a company that has benefited from its technology exists in 1996. The Star Trek: Voyager – Movies were a short series of VHS releases from Paramount Home Entertainment, released in the UK in 2000 and 2001. Four volumes were produced, each one taking two two-part episodes, and making them feature-length. Future's End appeared on Volume 1.

Release Date2000-08-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion

About to enter Borg space, Voyager finds a threat so devastating that even the Borg cannot deal with it. The Star Trek: Voyager – Movies were a short series of VHS releases from Paramount Home Entertainment, released in the UK in 2000 and 2001. Four volumes were produced, each one taking two two-part episodes, and making them feature-length. Scorpion appeared on Volume 2.

Release Date2000-09-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Star Trek: Voyager - Basics

The Federation starship Voyager, alone in the Delta Quadrant, is lured into a trap which leads to the ship being commandeered by the hostile Kazon, who forcibly remove the ship's crew to an inhospitable planet. The Star Trek: Voyager – Movies were a short series of VHS releases from Paramount Home Entertainment, released in the UK in 2000 and 2001. Four volumes were produced, each one taking two two-part episodes, and making them feature-length. Basics appeared on Volume 1.

Release Date1996-09-04

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...

Capt. Picard finds himself shifting continually into the past, future and present and must use that to discover a threat to humanity's existence.

Release Date2014-12-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Cosmos: Mundos Posibles

Release Date2020-03-24

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count8

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 Date2022-08-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count11

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 Date1999-02-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count5