Background
He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
screenwriter film producer television producer
He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He is best known as the creator or co-creator of the television series (with Jonathan Glassner), (with Robert C Cooper) and (also with Cooper). Before the inception of the Stargate franchise, he served as the co-executive producer and a writer of. He has also written scripts for several other television series including Neon Rider, Adventures of the Black Stallion, The Odyssey, Highlander: The Series and Poltergeist: The Legacy.
He has appeared twice in, as a studio executive in the 100th episode, "Wormhole X-Treme!", and as a parody of Star Trek"s Scotty in a fantasy sequence in the 200th episode, "200".
In April 2007, in recognition of his efforts to promote Canadian writing talent, and to recognize his efforts as the primary creative writing force on the Stargate shows, Wright was presented with the inaugural "Showrunner Award" at the Canadian Screenwriting Awards in Toronto. In July of the same year, he won the 2007 Constellation Award in the category Best Overall 2006 Science Fiction Film or Television Script for the episode of Stargate SG-1 entitled "200". In late March 2009, Wright was nominated for a Nebula Award for "Best Script." The nomination was for the season 5 Stargate Atlantis episode "The Shrine.".
