November 1, 1999
Star Trek producer and former UCSC student visits Santa Cruz for November 4 lecture
By Barbara McKenna
Brannon Braga, executive producer of the television series Star Trek: Voyager
will be in Santa Cruz on Thursday, November 4, to speak with film and digital media
students and to present a public lecture and screening on the making of the television
series.
Braga's visit begins with a presentation to a screenwriting class taught by film
and digital media professor Chip Lord. At the evening presentation, Braga will screen
an episode of Star Trek: Voyager and discuss the making of the TV series.
The evening event is free and open to the public. It takes place at 7 p.m. in the
Media Theater in the Theater Arts Center. This event is sponsored by the Film and
Digital Media Department and the student Film Arts Coalition. For more information,
call (831) 459-3204.
Braga, who studied film and video at UCSC, has served as a creative force of the
UPN television series Star Trek: Voyager since its inception in 1995. He began
his career in entertainment when he received the Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences Writing Internship. The internship led to a writing/producing post on Paramount's
top-rated syndicated series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Braga was appointed
supervising producer of Star Trek: Voyager when the series premiered in 1995
and became executive producer in 1998.
Braga has written over 75 Star Trek episodes, including the historic final
episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, titled "All Good Things,"
for which he won the Hugo Award for excellence in science-fiction writing.
Braga's feature film credits include Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek:
First Contact. The latter became the highest grossing of the eight Star Trek
films, reaching $150 million worldwide. Braga is currently writing Mission
Impossible IIfor Paramount. He is a resident of Los Angeles.
