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{{Short description|Canadian TV producer}}

'''Brad Wright''' is a writer for several [[television series]]. He has written for the following television shows:

{{About|the Canadian television producer and screenwriter|the American football coach|Brad Wright (American football)|the American basketball player|Brad Wright (basketball)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Brad Wright

| image = BradWrightAug10.jpg

| caption = Wright in 2008

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|5|02}}

| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada

| education =

| employer =

| occupation = [[Television producer]], [[screenwriter]]

| spouse =

| yearsactive = 1990–present

}}

'''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 ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' (with [[Jonathan Glassner]]), ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' (with [[Robert C. Cooper]]) and ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' (also with Cooper) and as the creator of ''[[Travelers (TV series)|Travelers]]''.

''[[Neon Rider]]'',

''[[Adventures of the Black Stallion]]'',

''[[The Odyssey (TV show)|The Odyssey]]'',

''[[Highlander: The Series|Highlander]]'',

''[[Madison (TV show)|Madison]]'',

''[[The Outer Limits]]'',

''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]'',

''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and

''[[Stargate: Atlantis]]'',

==External links==

*{{imdb name|id=0942249|name=Brad Wright}}

Before the inception of the ''Stargate'' franchise, he served as the co-executive producer and a writer of ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''. He has also written scripts for several other television series including ''[[Neon Rider]]'', ''[[The Adventures of the Black Stallion]]'', ''[[The Odyssey (TV series)|The Odyssey]]'', ''[[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! (Stargate SG-1)|Wormhole X-Treme!]]", and as a parody of ''[[Star Trek]]'''s [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]] in a fantasy sequence in the 200th episode, "[[200 (Stargate SG-1)|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 [[Nebula Award]] for "Best Script". The nomination was for the season 5 ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "[[The Shrine (Stargate Atlantis)|The Shrine]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stargate.mgm.com/view/news/23/index.html|title=''Nebula Nomination for Brad Wright!''|date=2009-03-31|publisher=MGM|access-date=2009-12-22|archive-date=2012-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305053433/http://stargate.mgm.com/view/news/23/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Film ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year

! colspan="2" scope="col"| Credited as

! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes

|-

! Producer

! Writer

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Stargate: The Ark of Truth]]''

| 2008

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Stargate: Continuum]]''

| 2008

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|}

=== Television ===

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

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year

! colspan="3" scope="col"| Credited as

! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Network

! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes

|-

! Creator

! Writer

! Executive<br />producer

|-

! scope=row| ''[[The Adventures of the Black Stallion]]''

| 1990

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (3)

| {{no}}

| [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]]

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Neon Rider]]''

| 1990–1994

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (18)

| {{no}}

| [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]<br />YTV

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Forever Knight]]''

| 1992–1993

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (3)

| {{no}}

| [[CBS]]

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Northwood (TV series)|Northwood]]''

| 1993

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (2)

| {{no}}

| [[CBC Television]]

|-

! scope=row| ''[[The Odyssey (TV series)|The Odyssey]]''

| 1994

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (3)

| {{no}}

| CBC Television

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Highlander: The Series]]''

| 1994

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (1)

| {{no}}

|

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Madison (TV series)|Madison]]''

| 1994

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (2)

| {{no}}

| [[Global Television Network|Global]]

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''

| 1995–2002

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (20)

| {{no}}

| [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]<br />[[Syfy]]

| Supervising producer (1996: 21 episodes), co-executive producer (1996–98: 23 episodes)

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]''

| 1996–1997

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (3)

| {{no}}

| Showtime

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''

| 1997–2007

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (40)

| {{yes}}

| Showtime<br />Syfy

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''

| 2004–2009

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (11)

| {{yes}}

| Syfy

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Stargate Universe]]''

| 2009–2011

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (9)

| {{yes}}

| Syfy

|

|-

! scope=row| ''[[Travelers (TV series)|Travelers]]''

| 2016–2018

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (7)

| {{yes}}

| [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]]<br />Netflix

|

|}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* [http://stargate.mgm.com/view/crew/8/index.html Brad Wright] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711083015/http://stargate.mgm.com/view/crew/8/index.html |date=2009-07-11 }} at the official ''Stargate'' website

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