Brannon Braga

  • Birthplace

    Bozeman, Montana, USA

  • Birthday
    August 14, 1965

    Deathday
    N/A

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.

Brannon Braga awards and nominations
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2015 Peabody Awards Winner Peabody Award Documentary and Education (Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane, Brannon Braga, Livia Hanich, Steven Holtzman, Fuzzy Door Productions, Cosmos Studios) Cosmos
2015 PGA Awards Winner PGA Award Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television (Brannon Braga, Mitchell Cannold, Jason Clark, Ann Druyan, Livia Hanich, Steven Holtzman, Seth MacFarlane) Cosmos
1995 Hugo Awards Winner Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation (Winrich Kolbe, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga) Star Trek: The Next Generation
1995 Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA Winner Universe Reader's Choice Award Best Writing for a Genre Motion Picture (Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga) Star Trek: Generations
Year Category Subcategory Info Movie/Tv Series
2019 Dragon Awards Nominee Dragon Award Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series (André Bormanis, David A. Goodman, Seth MacFarlane, Brannon Braga) The Orville
2015 Sichuan TV Festival Nominee Gold Panda Best Documentary, Feature - Nature/Enviroment (Brannon Braga, Ann Druyan, Bill Pope, Kevin Dart) Cosmos
2014 International Documentary Association Nominee IDA Award Best Limited Series (Brannon Braga, Mitchell Cannold, Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane) Cosmos
2014 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominee Primetime Emmy Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series (Ann Druyan, Seth MacFarlane, Mitchell Cannold, Brannon Braga, Jason Clark, Livia Hanich, Steven Holtzman, Neil deGrasse Tyson) Cosmos
2014 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominee Primetime Emmy Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming (Brannon Braga, Fox Network, National Geographic Channel) Cosmos
2014 SXSW Film Festival Nominee Audience Award Episodic (Brannon Braga, Bill Pope, Ann Druyan, Steven Soter) Cosmos
2010 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (David S. Goyer, Brannon Braga, Robert J. Sawyer) FlashForward
2003 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (James A. Contner, Chris Black, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Dan O'Shannon) Star Trek: Enterprise
2003 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form (David Straiton, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga) Star Trek: Enterprise
2003 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Nominee Rondo Statuette TV Presentation of the Year (Allan Kroeker, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga) Star Trek: Enterprise
2002 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Nominee Rondo Statuette TV Presentation of the Year (Rick Berman, Brannon Braga) Star Trek: Enterprise
1997 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Nominee Saturn Award Best Writer (Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore) Star Trek: First Contact
1997 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation (Jonathan Frakes, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, Rick Berman) Star Trek: First Contact
1995 Hugo Awards Nominee Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation (David Carson, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, Rick Berman) Star Trek: Generations
1994 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominee Primetime Emmy Outstanding Drama Series (Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor, David Livingston, Peter Lauritson, Merri D. Howard, Ronald D. Moore, Wendy Neuss, Brannon Braga) Star Trek: The Next Generation
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