BRANCATO, Chris

(Christopher Jay Brancato)

PERSONAL

Raised in Teaneck, NJ. Education: Graduated from Brown University.

Addresses: Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.Office—Brancato/Salke Productions, 5300 Melrose Ave., Suite 229 East, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Career: Writer, producer, and director. Brancato/Salke Productions, Los Angeles, CA, partner; previously worked as a construction worker. Sometimes credited as Christopher Jay Brancato.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Assistant to Warren Beatty (New York), Ishtar, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1987.

Production assistant, I Love N.Y., 1987.

Coproducer, Hoodlum, United Artists, 1997.

Executive producer, Stealing Harvard, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002.

Television Work; Series:

Executive story editor, Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1992.

Executive producer and creator, First Wave, Sci–Fi Channel, 1998–2001.

Consulting producer, Crossing Jordan, 2001.

Co–executive producer, Boomtown, NBC, 2002.

Consulting producer, Tru Calling, Fox, 2003–2004.

Executive producer, North Shore, 2004.

Also worked an executive script consultant, The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits).

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Flashpoint (also known as E.I.S.: Epidemiologic Intelligence Service), ABC, 2002.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Beyond the Veil," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime and syndicated, 2003.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Hoodlum, United Artists, 1997.

Species II, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1998.

Television Episodes:

Hearts Are Wild, 1991.

(With Kenneth Biller and Karen Rosin) "Lies and Volleyball/Photo Fini," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1992.

(With Biller) "A Song of Myself," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1992.

(With Biller) "Wild Horses," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1992.

(With Biller) "Eve," The X–Files (also known as The X Files), Fox, 1993.

First Wave, 1999–2001.

(And story, with Albert J. Salke) "Insured by Smith & Wesson," Boomtown, NBC, 2002.

(And story, with Kevin Dunigan) "Storm Watch," Boomtown, NBC, 2003.

(Story only, with Salke) "The Friendly Skies," Miracles, ABC, 2003.

"Beyond the Veil," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2003.

Also wrote "Putting out Fires," Tru Calling, Fox; "Resurrection," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime and syndicated; additional episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox; episodes of Burke's Law, CBS.

Television Pilots:

Flashpoint (also known as E.I.S.: Epidemiologic Intelligence Service), ABC, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Science Fiction Weekly, February 20, 2001.