Alan Brennert
Encyclopedia
Alan Brennert is a United States
television producer
and screenwriter
.
Brennert has lived in Southern California since 1973 and completed graduate work in screenwriting at the University of California Los Angeles
.
His earliest television work was in 1978 when he penned several scripts for Wonder Woman
. He was story editor for the NBC series Buck Rogers
and wrote seven scripts for that series..
He won an Emmy Award
as a producer and writer for L.A. Law
in 1991. For science and fantasy readers, he might be best known as a writer for The New Twilight Zone
and the revival of The Outer Limits
. One of his best regarded episodes was for the New Twilight Zone, an adaptation of his own story Her Pilgrim Soul
, which became a play. Since 2001 he has written episodes of the television series Stargate Atlantis
and Star Trek Enterprise under the name of Michael Bryant.
He also writes books and stories, most of which are science fiction or fantasy. His first story was published in 1973 and in 1975 he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He also won a Nebula Award for Best Short Story
in 1991 and had stories in Gardner Dozois
's Year's Best volumes. His most recent published book, Moloka'i, is a historical novel that focuses on life in Honolulu
in the early 1900s and the leper colony at Kalaupapa in Hawaii
, made famous by Father Damien
, Mother Marianne Cope
and Lawrence M. Judd
, historical people who appear in the novel. It received mostly favorable reviews http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312304358.
In 2009, Brennert returned to Hawai'i in Honolulu, an historical novel centering on a Korean picture bride in the early 1900s. Honolulu was released by St. Martin's Press
to favorable reviews.
Brennert contributed many acclaimed DC Comics
stories for Detective Comics
, The Brave and The Bold
, Batman: Holy Terror
and Secret Origins
in the 1980s and 1990s.
United States
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television producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
.
Brennert has lived in Southern California since 1973 and completed graduate work in screenwriting at the University of California Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.
His earliest television work was in 1978 when he penned several scripts for Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....
. He was story editor for the NBC series Buck Rogers
Buck Rogers
Anthony Rogers is a fictional character that first appeared in Armageddon 2419 A.D. by Philip Francis Nowlan in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories. A sequel, The Airlords of Han, was published in the March 1929 issue....
and wrote seven scripts for that series..
He won an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
as a producer and writer for L.A. Law
L.A. Law
L.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,...
in 1991. For science and fantasy readers, he might be best known as a writer for The New Twilight Zone
The New Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.-Series history:...
and the revival of The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
. One of his best regarded episodes was for the New Twilight Zone, an adaptation of his own story Her Pilgrim Soul
Her Pilgrim Soul
Her Pilgrim Soul is the first segment of the twelfth episode from the first season of the television series The New Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:...
, which became a play. Since 2001 he has written episodes of the television series Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself...
and Star Trek Enterprise under the name of Michael Bryant.
He also writes books and stories, most of which are science fiction or fantasy. His first story was published in 1973 and in 1975 he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He also won a Nebula Award for Best Short Story
Nebula Award for Best Short Story
Winners of the '“Nebula Award for Best Short Story”'. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.-Winners and nominees:-External links:* *...
in 1991 and had stories in Gardner Dozois
Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois is an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004...
's Year's Best volumes. His most recent published book, Moloka'i, is a historical novel that focuses on life in Honolulu
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
in the early 1900s and the leper colony at Kalaupapa in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, made famous by Father Damien
Father Damien
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. , born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order...
, Mother Marianne Cope
Mother Marianne Cope
The Blessed Marianne Cope, O.S.F., christened Maria Anna Barbara Koob , was a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse, a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church...
and Lawrence M. Judd
Lawrence M. Judd
Lawrence McCully Judd was a politician of the Territory of Hawaii, serving as the seventh Territorial Governor. He was devoted to the Hansen's Disease-afflicted residents of Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai.-Life:...
, historical people who appear in the novel. It received mostly favorable reviews http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312304358.
In 2009, Brennert returned to Hawai'i in Honolulu, an historical novel centering on a Korean picture bride in the early 1900s. Honolulu was released by St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St. Martin's Press , St...
to favorable reviews.
Brennert contributed many acclaimed DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
stories for Detective Comics
Detective Comics
Detective Comics is an American comic book series published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman in Detective Comics #27 . It is, along with Action Comics, the book that launched with the debut of Superman, one of the medium's signature series, and...
, The Brave and The Bold
The Brave and the Bold
The Brave and the Bold is the title shared by many comic book series published by DC Comics. The first of these was published as an ongoing series from 1955 to 1983...
, Batman: Holy Terror
Batman: Holy Terror
Batman: Holy Terror is an Elseworlds one-shot comic published by DC Comics in 1991. The story is written by Alan Brennert and illustrated by Norm Breyfogle...
and Secret Origins
Secret Origins
Secret Origins is the title of three American comic book series published by DC Comics.The title began in 1961 and for one issue, all reprints. The title Secret Origins of Super Heroes went onto a second series, also reprints, which ran for seven issues from 1973-1974...
in the 1980s and 1990s.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Awarding body | Category | Result | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Drama Series | Nominated | L.A. Law L.A. Law L.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,... |
Shared with fellow producers Rick Wallace Rick Wallace Rick Wallace is an American director and producer. He has worked on Smallville, L.A. Law, Doogie Howser, M.D., and The Closer, as well as many other programs.-Director:*The Closer*Women's Murder Club* Men in Trees... , Steven Bochco Steven Bochco Steven Ronald Bochco is a US television producer and writer. He has developed a number of popular television hits including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue, as well as some notable flops such as Cop Rock.... , Patricia Green Patricia Green Patricia Green is an American television producer and writer.-Career:Green worked as a writer and producer on Cagney & Lacey and won two Emmy Awards for her work on the series. The first was in 1985 for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The second was in 1986 for Outstanding Drama Series. She... , Carol Flint Carol Flint Carol Flint is a American television producer and writer best known for her work on ER and The West Wing. Flint started her writing career with television series China Beach . After that series ended she started working on the television series L.A... , Elodie Keene Elodie Keene Elodie Keene is an American film/television director, producer and editor. As a television director her credits include ER, NYPD Blue, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Charmed, Felicity, The Wire, House, M.D., The Closer, Nip/Tuck and among other series.She has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, two for... , James C. Hart, Robert Breech, Don Behrns |
| 1991 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Drama Series | Won | L.A. Law | Shared with fellow producers Rick Wallace, David E. Kelley, John Hill John Hill -Politics:*John Hill , MP for Dorchester *John Hill , United States Representative from Virginia... , Robert Breech, James C. Hart, Elodie Keene, Patricia Green, Alice West |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series The Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series is awarded to one television episode each year at the Primetime Emmy Awards. Often regarded as the highest honor that can be bestowed upon an individual episode of television, the nominees and winners often reflect outstanding achievement in... |
Nominated | L.A. Law L.A. Law L.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,... episode "Mutinies On The Banzai" |
Shared with co-writers Patricia Green and David E. Kelley | ||
| Nebula Award | Best Short Story Nebula Award for Best Short Story Winners of the '“Nebula Award for Best Short Story”'. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.-Winners and nominees:-External links:* *... |
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