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 franchises 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 relaunch 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 cocreator of the drama series Salem WGN Americas first original series