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Born | Lewiston, Idaho, U.S. | July 27, 1969
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Education | Lewis-Clark State College University of Southern California |
Period | 1997–present |
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Partner | Scott Roberts (2006–present) |
Bryan Fuller (born July 27, 1969) is an American television writer and producer who has created a number of television series, including Dead Like Me , Wonderfalls , Pushing Daisies , Hannibal , American Gods , and Crystal Lake. Fuller worked as writer and executive producer on the Star Trek television series Voyager and Deep Space Nine ; he is also the co-creator of Star Trek: Discovery . [1]
Fuller was born in Lewiston, Idaho, [2] and raised in Clarkston, Washington. [3] He was brought up Roman Catholic. [4] After graduating from Clarkston High School, Fuller attended Lewis–Clark State College in Lewiston. He later transferred to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but dropped out and began working as an office temp. [5]
As a contributing writer, Fuller's work has been featured on several shows, including Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , earning twenty-two episode writing credits for the Star Trek franchise. Fuller is himself a fan of science fiction, 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. Fuller has called DS9 his favorite spin-off, stating: "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". [6] Fuller worked on the 1997 DS9 episodes "The Darkness and the Light" and "Empok Nor".
Fuller wrote the teleplay for the 2002 adaptation of Carrie , based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Stephen King. Next, he created Dead Like Me which ran on Showtime for two seasons from 2003 to 2004, although Fuller left early into the first season. He then co-created Wonderfalls with Todd Holland, which ran on Fox in 2004, with only four episodes being aired and the rest premiering on DVD. Near the end of 2004, Fuller got a pilot commitment from NBC for The Assistants, [7] although the show never got past the script stage. In 2005, Fuller wrote the pilot to the animated comedy The Amazing Screw-On Head for the Sci Fi Channel, which aired in 2006 but was not picked up for a series. He next worked on NBC series Heroes[ , where he joined as a consulting producer after the pilot and became a co-executive producer for the first season. He also wrote a couple episodes for Heroes, including "Company Man" which TV Guide named one of the 100 greatest episodes in television history.
Next he created Pushing Daisies , about a pie-maker (Lee Pace) who can bring dead things back to life temporarily, which debuted on ABC on October 3, 2007. On July 17, 2008, the show was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, including one for Fuller for Outstanding Writing of a Comedy Series. It ultimately won seven Emmy Awards: for Best Supporting Actress (Kristin Chenoweth), Best Art Direction, Best Costume, Best Music, Best Make-Up, Best Editing, and Best Direction of a Comedy Series (Barry Sonnenfeld). The second season of Pushing Daisies began October 1, 2008, on ABC. In mid-November, ABC announced that it would not order new episodes for season two after the 13th. [8] The series' final episode aired on June 13, 2009. [9]
With the cancellation of Pushing Daisies, Fuller signed a seven-figure, two-year deal with Universal Media Studios. He rejoined the writing staff of Heroes for the 20th episode of the third season, and again became a consulting producer, playing a "key role" on the writing staff. [10] After working on some of the story arcs for the next season of Heroes, Fuller announced he was moving on to other projects. [11] His next projects, both a result of the Universal deal and developed for NBC, were Sellevision, developed with Bryan Singer and based on the book of the same name by Augusten Burroughs, and No Kill, Fuller's first sitcom. [12] Neither project got past the scripting stage. Fuller's next project, again for NBC, was Mockingbird Lane , a revival of the classic sitcom The Munsters . A pilot was produced, but the show did not receive a series order, and the pilot aired as a Halloween special. Fuller next worked on Mind Fields with Lisa Joy for USA Network, [13] which was not picked up.
Fuller owns Living Dead Guy Productions. [14]
Fuller's next project was the Hannibal Lecter series Hannibal , which premiered on NBC in 2013, and renewed for a second season in 2014. [15] Fuller had developed High Moon for Syfy, based on the book The Lotus Caves , which filmed a pilot in late 2013, but was not given a series order. [16]
By July 2014, Starz had acquired the airing rights to Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel American Gods , and that Fuller, with producer Michael Green, would develop the novel into a television series. The show premiered April 30, 2017. The show was renewed for a second season, but Fuller and Green left the show due to budgetary issues during the writing stage of the second season. [17] In early 2018, Fuller was working on a television adaptation of The Vampire Chronicles novel series by Anne Rice. He dropped out of the project in July of the same year. [18] [19] After leaving American Gods and Discovery, Fuller began work on his first feature film in 2021, writing a new adaptation of the 1983 Stephen King novel Christine for Sony Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, planning to make his directorial debut. [20]
Nicknamed the "Fullerverse" by Fuller's fans, all of Fuller's series are implied to take place in the same universe.
Marianne Marie Beetle (played by actress Beth Grant) first appears in the Wonderfalls episode "Muffin Buffalo", and has subsequently appeared in the Pushing Daisies episode "Comfort Food" [21] and in the pilot of Mockingbird Lane . [22]
Similarly, Gretchen Speck-Horowitz (played by Chelan Simmons) first appears in the Wonderfalls episode "Pink Flamingos" and subsequently appeared in the Hannibal episode "Amuse-Bouche", reverting to her maiden name after her divorce. [23]
Meanwhile, in the Pushing Daisies episode "Bzzzzzzzzz!", Ned mentions that he works for Happy Time Temp Agency when trying to go undercover, the same place where Georgia "George" Lass works in Dead Like Me . [24]
Also, the fictional brand "Lil' Ivey's" first appeared in the Wonderfalls episode "Cocktail Bunny" on a box of cocktail cherries and later appeared in the Pushing Daisies episode "Kerplunk", this time on a bag of macaroni. [25]
Fuller has reinterpreted a few of his characters in later series. [26] Georgia "George" Lass (played by Ellen Muth), having first appeared in Dead Like Me, was reinterpreted as Georgia Madchen (also played by Muth) in the Hannibal episodes "Buffet Froid" and "Relevés". This similarity is furthered by their last names: "lass" is an English (i.e Scottish) synonym for girl while "Mädchen" is a German word meaning the same. In another nod to Georgia Lass being a reaper (therefore both dead and alive) in Dead Like Me, in Hannibal Georgia Madchen is a killer who suffers from numerous medical conditions including Cotard's syndrome, a delusion disorder that has her convinced she is actually dead. [27] [28]
In a similar manner, Reggie Lass from Dead Like Me (played by Britt McKillip) was reinterpreted as Miriam Lass (played by Anna Chlumsky), who first appears in the Hannibal episode "Entrée". [29] Similarly, in the Hannibal episode "Takiawase", an acupuncturist (played by Amanda Plummer) who is under investigation for lobotomizing patients is named Katherine Pimms, which is also the cover name used by Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (played by Anna Friel) in multiple episodes of Pushing Daisies. [30]
A visual nod to Wonderfalls was given in the Heroes first-season episode "Better Halves" when the smoosh-faced wax lion central to Wonderfalls was seen on a bedside table. [31]
Fuller is in a long-term relationship with interior designer Scott Roberts. [32] [33]
In a 2007 interview, he stated that his favorite film was the 2001 French film Amélie , which was one of the inspirations for Pushing Daisies: "All the things I love are represented in that movie. It's a movie that will make me cry based on kindness as opposed to sadness." [34]
On October 5, 2023, Fuller was accused of and sued for sexual harassment by Sam Wineman, a producer of Queer for Fear, charges Fuller denies. Claiming the lawsuit was a retaliatory attempt to extort Fuller after Wineman left the project, Fuller's attorney Bryan Freedman released the following statement: "Make no mistake, Sam Wineman will be sued for defamation based on what are 100 percent provably false statements," Freedman told Deadline Hollywood . "There is documented evidence which completely disproves the allegations against Bryan Fuller. Wineman created this fictitious story long after his gross incompetence necessitated his removal in an effort to extort AMC, Shudder, Steakhaus and Bryan Fuller. He never raised any allegation of wrongdoing prior to his removal because he knew that this was absolute garbage. Sam Wineman just made the biggest mistake of his life and once the evidence comes out, he will forever be known as a pathological liar. Rest assured; a malicious prosecution lawsuit aimed directly at him is coming soon." [35] [36] [37] A month later, 14 individuals, 9 of whom had been on the set of Queer for Fear at the time of the supposed incident, came forward in Fuller's defense, disavowing Sam Wineman's story. Some even went so far as to condemn Wineman for unprofessional behavior. [38] [39]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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TBA | Dust Bunny | Director, writer, producer | Filming Feature film directorial debut |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Writer (season 5) | 2 episodes |
1997–2001 | Star Trek: Voyager | Writer (season 4–7), story editor (season 4–5), executive story editor (season 6) and co-producer (season 7) | 81 episodes |
2002 | Carrie | Writer and executive producer | Television film |
2003–2004 | Dead Like Me | Co-creator, writer (season 1), executive producer (season 1) and consulting producer | 29 episodes |
2004 | Wonderfalls | Creator, writer and executive producer | 13 episodes |
2006 | The Amazing Screw-On Head | Developer, writer and executive producer | Pilot |
2006–2009 | Heroes | Writer (season 1, 3–4), co-executive producer (season 1) and consulting producer (season 3–4) | 33 episodes |
2007–2009 | Pushing Daisies | Creator, writer and executive producer | 22 episodes |
2012 | Mockingbird Lane | Developer, writer and executive producer | Pilot |
2013–2015 | Hannibal | Developer, writer and executive producer | 39 episodes |
2014 | High Moon | Developer, writer and executive producer | Pilot |
2017–2021 | American Gods | Co-developer, writer (season 1) and executive producer (season 1) | 26 episodes |
2017–present | Star Trek: Discovery | Co-creator, writer (season 1), executive producer (season 1) and executive consultant (season 2–3) | 55 episodes |
2018–2020 | Star Trek: Short Treks | Co-creator | 10 episodes |
2022 | Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror | Director (2 episodes) and executive producer | Documentary series |
TBA | Crystal Lake | Writer, showrunner and executive producer |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2005 | Writers Guild of America Award | Episodic Comedy | Wonderfalls | Nominated |
2007 | Writers Guild of America Award | New Series | Heroes | Nominated |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Drama Series | Heroes | Nominated |
2008 | Writers Guild of America Award | New Series | Pushing Daisies | Nominated |
2008 | Writers Guild of America Award | Episodic Comedy | Pushing Daisies | Nominated |
2008 | Edgar Award | Best Television Episode Teleplay | Pushing Daisies | Nominated |
2008 | Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Heroes | Nominated |
2008 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Pushing Daisies | Nominated |
2014 | The Dan Curtis Legacy Award | Won |
Dead Like Me is an American comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for the Showtime cable network, where it ran for two seasons (2003–04). Fuller left the show five episodes into Season 1 because of creative differences; creative direction was taken over by executive producers John Masius and Stephen Godchaux. A direct-to-DVD film titled Dead Like Me: Life After Death was released on February 17, 2009.
Pushing Daisies is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations. Together with his formerly deceased childhood crush Chuck, co-worker Olive Snook, and private investigator Emerson Cod, Ned uses his abilities to solve murder cases. The cast also includes Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz and Field Cate, with Jim Dale acting as narrator.
ShyBoy is an American vocalist, songwriter, music producer, and DJ. He is the music composer for the Emmy-nominated documentary series Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (Shudder/AMC) from executive producer Bryan Fuller. ShyBoy was named Best Solo Artist in the 10th Annual LA Weekly Best of L.A. Readers' Choice Awards and has performed throughout North America and in Europe, sharing the stage with artists such as Flo Rida, Meiko, and Amanda Palmer. ShyBoy's music has been featured in RuPaul's Drag Race, Dynasty, America's Next Top Model, the Capcom video game Devil May Cry 4, and the trailer for the 2018 film Halloween. An array of writers and artists have collaborated with ShyBoy, including: Emmy Award-winning performer RuPaul; hip-hop artist SlimKid3 ; Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Wendy Waldman; Saturn Award-winning writer Bryan Fuller; DJ and record producer Darude; and Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning songwriter Allee Willis. ShyBoy and gold-selling record producer Mark Nubar co-founded the band Hypnogaja and L.A.-based indie label The Spaceman Agency.
Mockingbird Lane is a 2012 American horror comedy television special that served as a re-imagining of the 1964–66 television series The Munsters. It was developed for NBC by Bryan Fuller. The pilot episode aired on October 26, 2012, as a Halloween special, and lead into a Halloween-themed episode of the television series Grimm, with the option for a series order. The special was viewed by 5.47 million American viewers and gained a 1.5/5 ratings share for adults aged 18–49, and the concept was not picked up by NBC as a series.
Hannibal is an American psychological horror-thriller television series developed by Bryan Fuller for NBC. The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris' novels Red Dragon (1981), Hannibal (1999), and Hannibal Rising (2006) and focuses on the relationship between Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special investigator Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy and at the same time, the only person who can understand him.
The second season of the American television series Hannibal premiered on February 28, 2014. The season is produced by Dino de Laurentiis Company, Living Dead Guy Productions, AXN Original Productions, and Gaumont International Television, with Sidonie Dumas, Christophe Riandee, Katie O'Connell, Elisa Roth, David Slade, Chris Brancato, Michael Rymer, Steve Lightfoot, Martha De Laurentiis, and Bryan Fuller serving as executive producers. Fuller serves as the series developer and showrunner, writing or co-writing eleven episodes of the season.
Scott Nimerfro was an American writer and producer, best known for the television series Pushing Daisies, Hannibal and for serving as an associate producer on Bryan Singer's 2000 film X-Men.
The first season of the American television series Hannibal premiered on April 4, 2013. The season is produced by Dino de Laurentiis Company, Living Dead Guy Productions, AXN Original Productions, and Gaumont International Television, with Sidonie Dumas, Christophe Riandee, Katie O'Connell, Elisa Roth, Sara Colleton, David Slade, Chris Brancato, Jesse Alexander, Martha De Laurentiis, and Bryan Fuller serving as executive producers. Fuller serves as the series developer and showrunner, writing or co-writing 10 episodes of the season.
Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier is a fictional character in the TV series Hannibal. Unlike most characters in the stories, Du Maurier is an original creation, and does not appear in Thomas Harris' novels. She is portrayed by Gillian Anderson.
"Apéritif" is the series premiere of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. The episode was written by Bryan Fuller, and directed by David Slade. It was first broadcast on April 4, 2013, on NBC. The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris' novels Red Dragon and Hannibal, with focus on the relationship between FBI special investigator Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy.
"Amuse-Bouche" is the second episode of the first season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. The episode was written by Jim Danger Gray, and directed by Michael Rymer. It was first broadcast on April 11, 2013, on NBC. The series is based on characters and elements appearing in Thomas Harris' novels Red Dragon (1981) and Hannibal (1999), with focus on the relationship between FBI special investigator Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist destined to become Graham's most cunning enemy.
"Entrée" is the sixth episode of the first season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. The episode was written by Kai Yu Wu and series creator Bryan Fuller from a story by Wu, and directed by Michael Rymer. It was first broadcast on May 2, 2013, on NBC. Although it was the seventh episode produced for the season, it was the sixth in scheduled order.
"Sorbet" is the seventh episode of the first season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. The episode was written by executive producer Jesse Alexander and series creator Bryan Fuller, and directed by James Foley. It was first broadcast on May 9, 2013, on NBC. Although it was the third episode produced for the season, it was the seventh in scheduled order.
"Buffet Froid" is the tenth episode of the first season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. The episode was written by Andy Black, executive producer Chris Brancato and series creator Bryan Fuller, and directed by John Dahl. It was first broadcast on May 30, 2013, on NBC.
"Rôti" is the eleventh episode of the first season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. The episode was written by Steve Lightfoot, series creator Bryan Fuller and supervising producer Scott Nimerfro, and directed by Guillermo Navarro. It was first broadcast on June 6, 2013, on NBC.
"Kaiseki" is the first episode of the second season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. It is the 14th overall episode of the series and was written by series creator Bryan Fuller and executive producer Steve Lightfoot, and directed by Tim Hunter. It was first broadcast on February 28, 2014, on NBC.
"Mizumono" is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the second season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. It is the 26th overall episode of the series and was written by executive producer Steve Lightfoot and series creator Bryan Fuller, and directed by executive producer David Slade. It was first broadcast on May 23, 2014, on NBC.
"Primavera" is the second episode of the third season of the psychological thriller–horror series Hannibal. It is the 28th overall episode of the series and was written by co-executive producer Jeff Vlaming and series creator Bryan Fuller, and directed by Vincenzo Natali. It was first broadcast on June 11, 2015, on NBC.
Gretchen J. Berg is an American writer and television producer. She has worked extensively with her writer and producing partner Aaron Harberts on a number of television series including Pushing Daisies and Revenge. She was also one of the showrunners of Star Trek: Discovery alongside Harberts until their departure in June 2018. In 2019, the team of Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts joined Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist on NBC as writers and executive producers.
Aaron Harberts is an American television writer and producer. He was a co-showrunner of CBS's Star Trek: Discovery with Gretchen J. Berg until their departure in June 2018. Harberts and Berg have been writing/producing partners since they met as students at Northwestern University. In 2019, Aaron Harberts and Gretchen Berg teamed up again as writers and executive producers for Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist on NBC.
...what I love about working with Michael Green is that we were both raised from a religious backgrounds. He was raised Jewish and I was raised Catholic.