---
name: "Bryan Fuller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bryan-fuller"
fi1m_id: "bryan-fuller"
imdb_id: "nm0298188"
tmdb_id: 17311
wikidata_id: "Q995026"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "27 July 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-30T08:48:55.374904+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bryan Fuller

## Identity

Bryan Fuller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bryan-fuller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bryan-fuller
- **IMDb ID:** nm0298188
- **TMDB ID:** 17311
- **Wikidata ID:** Q995026
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Fuller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q995026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298188/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17311

Writer and producer. Born 27 July 1969 in Lewiston, Idaho, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 27 July 1969, Lewiston, Idaho, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** 브라이언 풀러
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Kane](https://film.one/person/adam-kane.md), [David Semel](https://film.one/person/david-semel.md), [Jesse Alexander](https://film.one/person/jesse-alexander.md), [Jim D. Gray](https://film.one/person/jim-danger-gray.md), [Paul A. Edwards](https://film.one/person/paul-a-edwards.md), [Paul Shapiro](https://film.one/person/paul-shapiro.md), [Scott Nimerfro](https://film.one/person/scott-nimerfro.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 75 (2), 2010s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Crime 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Fuller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q995026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298188/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17311

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Hannibal*](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md) (81), [*Heroes*](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md) (68)

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## Fi1m on Bryan Fuller

> Bryan Fuller makes elaborate fantasy work when its rules give people recognisable problems. We recommend *Pushing Daisies* for the longing beneath its whimsy, with a warning that the sweetness can be exhausting.

Ned can bring the dead back to life, but he cannot touch anyone he has revived again. In *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Bryan Fuller makes that prohibition matter more than the gift: the piemaker still wants a relationship, and ordinary romantic hesitation now has a frighteningly practical cause. We were moved by Ned’s longing, because the rule makes the simplest wish to be close to someone dangerous. We rate Fuller most highly here, giving an impossible premise a consequence that needs little explanation.

His writing career began with *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1997) and *Star Trek: Voyager* (1997–2001), before he created *Dead Like Me* (2003) and co-created *Wonderfalls* (2004). Those series led towards the character-driven fantasy of *Pushing Daisies*. With *Hannibal* (2013–2015), grotesque imagery and culinary horror became central to the work. That darker turn makes sense for a writer who had already found both romance and dark humour in bringing people back from the dead.

Fuller has worked with writing and showrunning partner Michael Green, and his programmes need performers who can make their peculiar rules feel consequential. Lee Pace, Anna Friel and the cast of *Pushing Daisies* do that by taking the silliness seriously. The romance works because Fuller keeps the longing close to the fantasy, rather than treating the relationship as a pause between inventions. Our reservation is about how insistently sweet it can become. The central predicament needs less encouragement to move us than the programme sometimes seems to think.

*American Gods* (2017) continued the fantasy work, with Fuller writing and running its first season. *Dust Bunny* (2025), his feature directorial debut, brought horror and fairy-tale elements into another format. There is no reason to ask him to become less peculiar, though we would want any new rules to be as clear in their consequences as Ned’s. Start with *Pushing Daisies*, provided its sweetness is unlikely to wear you down.

## Biography

Bryan Fuller is an American writer and television producer. He created the series *Pushing Daisies* (2007–2009), on which he also served as writer, and contributed the story for the series *Crystal Lake* (2026).

Fuller began his career writing for *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993) and *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), later becoming a writer and co-producer on the latter. He is the co-creator of *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017) and has written for *Heroes* (2006). Other series he created include *Dead Like Me* (2003), *Wonderfalls* (2004), *Hannibal* (2013) and *American Gods* (2017). He made his feature directorial debut with *Dust Bunny* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Hannibal* (2013), Fi1m 81, Writer, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md)
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Heroes* (2006), Fi1m 68, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Crystal Lake* (2026), series, Story — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/crystal-lake.md)
- *Dust Bunny* (2025), Producer, Director, Writer
- *Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror* (2022), series, Director, Creator
- *Star Trek: Short Treks* (2018), series, Creator
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Story, Creator
- *American Gods* (2017), series, Writer, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Adaptation, Creator
- *High Moon* (2014), Story
- *Hannibal* (2013), series, Writer, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md)
- *Mockingbird Lane* (2012), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Mockingbird Lane* (2012), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Dead Like Me: Life After Death* (2009), Characters
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Heroes* (2006), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *The Amazing Screw-On Head* (2006), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Vanished* (2006), Actor
- *Wonderfalls* (2004), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *Dead Like Me* (2003), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Consulting Producer, Creator
- *Carrie* (2002), Teleplay, Executive Producer
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion* (2000), Staff Writer
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, Writer, Story
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, Story — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Gallery

- ![Bryan Fuller](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-3faf50d1a269.jpg) Bryan Fuller — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Bryan_Fuller_SDCC_2014.jpg/1280px-Bryan_Fuller_SDCC_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bryan Fuller and Jonathan Ross speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Californ](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-2a61a7cf8bd2.jpg) Bryan Fuller and Jonathan Ross speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Californ — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Bryan_Fuller_%26_Jonathan_Ross_%2814772624645%29.jpg/1280px-Bryan_Fuller_%26_Jonathan_Ross_%2814772624645%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bryan Fuller (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-fdcb24d06671.jpg) Bryan Fuller (2008) — watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Bryan_Fuller_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bryan Fuller speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-400053a21921.jpg) Bryan Fuller speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bryan_Fuller_%2814586007739%29.jpg/1280px-Bryan_Fuller_%2814586007739%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bryan Fuller](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-f6d62a3e5eed.jpg) Bryan Fuller — Image via TMDB
- ![Bryan Fuller](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-fa99162faaa7.jpg) Bryan Fuller — Image via TMDB
- ![Bryan Fuller](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-fb617b33c513.jpg) Bryan Fuller — Image via TMDB
- ![Bryan Fuller speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-e3cf7efb197a.jpg) Bryan Fuller speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribu — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bryan_Fuller_%2814586171317%29.jpg/1280px-Bryan_Fuller_%2814586171317%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bryan Fuller (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-c6a31b9c72d5.jpg) Bryan Fuller (2008) — watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Bryan_Fuller_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bryan Fuller](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-14d1d50c01fa.jpg) Bryan Fuller — Image via TMDB
- ![Bryan Fuller](https://film.one/media/person/95984/gallery-a63397ca1a67.jpg) Bryan Fuller — Image via TMDB

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