Brandon Auman was the head writer and executive producer on Star Wars Resistance. He is also known for his work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Biography
Work on the animated television series Star Wars Resistance began in 2016, during which, Athena Yvette Portillo enjoyed working with Brandon Auman.[2] On April 26, 2018, StarWars.com announced Star Wars Resistance and that it would be executive produced by Brandon Auman, as well as Portillo and Justin Ridge. Auman had previously worked on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[1] Later in the year, he was revealed to be head writer in a video posted to the Star Wars YouTube channel on August 29, where he helped introduce the audience to Team Fireball.[3] In another video posted to the YouTube channel—on September 14, 2018—Auman helped introduce the Ace Squadron of the Colossus refueling platform.[4] Earlier in the week of October 3, 2018, Auman attended an exclusive screening of the debut for Star Wars Resistance.[5]
Each episode of Star Wars Resistance's first season—which aired from October 7, 2018 to March 17, 2019[6]—was executive produced by Auman.[1] Auman also wrote five of the season one episodes: "The Recruit,"[7] "Signal from Sector Six,"[8] "Station Theta Black,"[9] "No Escape: Part 1,"[10] and "No Escape: Part 2."[11] Ahead of the final two episodes—"No Escape: Part 1" and "No Escape: Part 2"—StarWars.com announced Auman, along with others, would be attending Celebration Chicago that year for a panel on April 15 to discuss the season finale and preview the next season.[12]
Works
Filmography
Year | Title | Series | Contribution(s) | Notes |
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2018 | "The Recruit" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[7] |
2018 | "The Triple Dark" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[13] |
2018 | "Fuel for the Fire" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[14] |
2018 | "The High Tower" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[15] |
2018 | "The Children from Tehar" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[16] |
2018 | "Signal from Sector Six" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[8] |
2018 | "Synara's Score" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[17] |
2018 | "The Platform Classic" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[18] |
2018 | "Secrets and Holograms" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[19] |
2018 | "Station Theta Black" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[9] |
2019 | "Bibo" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[20] |
2019 | "Dangerous Business" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[21] |
2019 | "The Doza Dilemma" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[22] |
2019 | "The First Order Occupation" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[23] |
2019 | "The New Trooper" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[24] |
2019 | "The Core Problem" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[25] |
2019 | "The Disappeared" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[26] |
2019 | "Descent" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[27] |
2019 | "No Escape: Part 1" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[10] |
2019 | "No Escape: Part 2" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[11] |
2019 | "Into the Unknown" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[28] |
2019 | "A Quick Salvage Run" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[29] |
2019 | "Live Fire" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[30] |
2019 | "Hunt on Celsor 3" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[31] |
2019 | "The Engineer" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[32] |
2019 | "From Beneath" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[33] |
2019 | "The Relic Raiders" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[34] |
2019 | "Rendezvous Point" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[35] |
2019 | "The Voxx Vortex 5000" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[36] |
2019 | "Kaz's Curse" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[37] |
2019 | "Station to Station" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[38] |
2019 | "The Missing Agent" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[39] |
2019 | "Breakout" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[40] |
2020 | "The Mutiny" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[41] |
2020 | "The New World" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[42] |
2020 | "No Place Safe" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[43] |
2020 | "Rebuilding the Resistance" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[44] |
2020 | "The Escape" | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Produced by, written by | Executive Produced by credit shared with Athena Yvette Portillo and Justin Ridge[45] |
Awards and nominations
Ceremony | Award | Institution | Series | Role | Result | Notes |
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71st Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Program for 2019 | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Producer | Nominated | Shared with Dave Filoni, Athena Yvette Portillo, Justin Ridge, Shuzo John Shiota, and Jack Liang[46] |
72nd Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Program for 2020 | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | Star Wars Resistance | Executive Producer | Nominated | Shared with Athena Yvette Portillo, Dave Filoni, Justin Ridge, Sareana Sun, Shuzo John Shiota, Daisy Fang, and Jack Liang[47] |
Sources
Notes and references
External links
Brandon Auman at the Internet Movie Database
Star Wars Resistance: Interviews Athena Portillo, Justin Ridge, Brandon Auman on the CINEMA-Magazin YouTube channel (backup link)
Interview with Brandon Auman - Executive Producer & Head Writer on "Star Wars Resistance" on the Friends of the Force: A Star Wars Podcast YouTube channel (backup link)
Wookieepedia Interviews - Brandon Auman on the official Wookieepedia YouTube channel (backup link)