FILM DIRECTOR

Brad Wright

1961 - Today

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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. Before the inception of the Stargate franchise, he served as the co-executive producer and a writer of The Outer Limits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brad Wright has received more than 377,817 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Brad Wright is the 1,548th most popular film director (down from 1,357th in 2019), the 652nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 555th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Canadian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Brad Wright ranks 1,548 out of 2,041. Before him are Hannes Holm, Gillian Armstrong, Damián Szifron, Jerry Adler, Gareth Edwards, and Marc Webb. After him are Jean-François Richet, Jimmy T. Murakami, Glen Keane, Vera Stroyeva, Nia DaCosta, and Maren Ade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Brad Wright ranks 504. Before him are Scott Cohen, Tatiana de Rosnay, Angelo Colombo, Kim Wayans, Chris Anderson, and Linas Antanas Linkevičius. After him are Mauro Galvão, Juan Echanove, Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Richard A. Knaak, Dietmar Woidke, and Moeketsi Majoro.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Brad Wright ranks 652 out of 1,622. Before him are Brad Armstrong (1965), Harry Watson (1898), Toller Cranston (1949), Stéphane Dion (1955), Devin Townsend (1972), and Kevin Zegers (1984). After him are JR Bourne (1970), June Havoc (1912), Diane Foster (1928), Lance Stroll (1998), Alice Wilson (1881), and William Cockburn (1902).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Brad Wright ranks 24. Before him are David Furnish (1962), Shawn Levy (1968), Sidney Olcott (1872), Robert Lepage (1957), Roger Avary (1965), and Elmer Clifton (1890). After him are Jason Reitman (1977), Philippe Falardeau (1968), Bruce LaBruce (1964), Guy Maddin (1956), Michelle MacLaren (1965), and Danny Antonucci (1957).

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Filmography

Stargate SG-1
Director
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
8.267 / 10
Stargate Atlantis
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With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to contact Earth, but their explorations unexpectedly reawaken the Ancients' deadly enemies, The Wraith, who hunger for this new prey. Now with the help of newfound local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis Team sets about to uncover their new home's secrets even as their war of survival against the Wraith begins.
8.008 / 10
Travelers
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Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.
7.56 / 10