Brad Wright (born May 2, 1961) is a Canadian television producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series ''

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'' (with

Jonathan Glassner Jonathan Glassner is a television writer, director, and producer. He is known for his involvement with ''Stargate SG-1'' (where he was executive producer for the first three seasons) and '' The Outer Limits''. Glassner was initially noticed as ...

), ''

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'' (with

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) and ''

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'' (also with Cooper) and as the creator of '' Travelers''. Before the inception of the ''Stargate'' franchise, he served as the co-executive producer and a writer of '' The Outer Limits''. He has also written scripts for several other television series including ''

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'', '' The Adventures of the Black Stallion'', ''

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'', '' Highlander: The Series'' and '' Poltergeist: The Legacy''.

Career

Wright has appeared twice in ''Stargate SG-1'', as a studio executive in the 100th episode, " Wormhole X-Treme!", and as a parody of ''

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s Scotty in a fantasy sequence in the 200th episode, " 200". In April 2007, in recognition of his efforts to promote Canadian writing talent, and to recognize his efforts as the primary creative writing force on the Stargate shows, Wright was presented with the inaugural "Showrunner Award" at the Canadian Screenwriting Awards in Toronto. In July of the same year, he won the 2007 Constellation Award in the category ''Best Overall 2006 Science Fiction Film or Television Script'' for the episode of ''Stargate SG-1'' entitled "200". In late March 2009, Wright was nominated for a

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for "Best Script". The nomination was for the season 5 ''

'' episode " The Shrine".

Filmography

Film

Television

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

References

External links

Brad Wright
at the official ''Stargate'' website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Brad 1961 births Canadian screenwriters Canadian television producers Living people Stargate Writers from Toronto