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

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), ''

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'' (with Robert C. Cooper) and ''

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'' (also with Cooper) and as the creator of ''

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''. Before the inception of the ''Stargate'' franchise, he served as the co-executive producer and a writer of ''

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''. He has also written scripts for several other television series including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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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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in a fantasy sequence in the 200th episode, "

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". 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 Living people 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male screenwriters Canadian male television writers Canadian television writers Canadian television producers Stargate Canadian television show creators Screenwriters from Toronto Canadian Screen Award winning writers