- Bryan Fuller
Bryan Fuller (born
July 27 ,1969 ) is an Americanscreenwriter andtelevision producer .Fuller graduated from Clarkston High School in Clarkston, Washington in 1987. He attended
Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho before transferring to the USC Film School in Los Angeles.Career
Fuller has had a meteoric career in television, and has worked non-stop since first pitching ideas to Paramount studios in 1993.
As a contributing writer, Fuller's work has been featured on several shows, including ' and '. He co-executive produced and wrote for the first season of the smash hit NBC series "Heroes". Fuller garnered special praise for a Heroes episode he penned titled "
Company Man ".Fuller is himself a sci-fi fan, and in an interview said that his favorite "Star Trek" series were the 1960s original, followed by "Deep Space Nine", "The Next Generation" and "Voyager".
DS9 is his favorite spinoff as "there were lots of new and innovative things going on during "Deep Space Nine" and that's why it's my favorite of the new series'. It was much more character-based". cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8738 |work=Comic Book Resources.com |title=Reflections: Talking with Bryan Fuller |first=Robert |last=Taylor |date=2006-10-26 |accessdate=2007-03-21 ] Fuller worked on theDS9 episodes "The Darkness and the Light" and "Empok Nor".Fuller has also created several shows. He created the series "
Dead Like Me " and co-created "Wonderfalls " with Todd Holland. He also wrote theteleplay for the TV adaptation ofStephen King 's "Carrie". He also created the pilot for the animated "The Amazing Screw-On Head . "imdb title | id=0468445 |title=The Amazing Screw-On Head]His latest series, "
Pushing Daisies ", about a shy pie-maker (Lee Pace ) who can bring dead things back to life with one touch, debuted on ABC on October 3, 2007. On July 17, 2008 the show was nominated for twelveEmmy awards from theAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences , including one for Fuller for "Outstanding Writing of a Comedy Series".Pushing Daisies ultimately won three Emmy awards: for Best Music, Best Editing, and Best Direction of a Comedy Series. The second season ofPushing Daisies began October 1, 2008 on ABC.Fuller owns The Living Dead Guy Productions. [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7381 "ABC Adds 10 Newcomers"] His work in the sci fi and fantasy TV genre has earned him recognition as one of the innovators currently working in the industry. [ [http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/09/master_of_fantasy_bryan_fuller.php Master of Fantasy: Bryan Fuller] ]
Personal life
Fuller is openly
gay . cite web |url=http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/People/bryanfuller-interview2.html |title=Interview with Wonderfalls Co-Creator Bryan Fuller |last=Warn |first=Sarah |month=March | year=2004 |accessdate=2007-03-21 |work=AfterEllen.com]References
External links
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* [http://www.afterellen.com/People/bryanfuller-interview.html Fuller Interview with AfterEllen.com]
* [http://suicidegirls.com/words/Bryan+Fuller/ Fuller Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein at SuicideGirls]
* [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-tv.html?2004-04/15/09.00.tv Fox Deal]
* [http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=19106 Rocket Man] Interview with Bryan Fuller for August 2006 "Out" magazine cover story on "Battlestar Galactica " starJamie Bamber
* [http://popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=665 PopGurls Interview: Bryan Fuller]
* [http://televisionary.blogspot.com/2007/07/shut-your-pie-hole-televisionary-sits.html Televisionary Interview: Bryan Fuller]
* [http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=3042 IfMagazine Interview]
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