Carl Binder

Carl Binder (born August 10, 1960) is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. He is most noted for his contributions to the Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis series as well as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Little Men.

Binder currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Early life and education Binder was born in Windsor, Ontario, on 10 August 1960. He relocated to California in his early twenties and entered the entertainment industry as a production assistant before receiving his first produced credit on the NBC sitcom Punky Brewster, scripting the 1985 episode “Christmas Shoplifting.” The film became a worldwide box-office success and won two Academy Awards.

He then moved back to television, spending four seasons as writer–producer on the CBS period drama Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, where he also directed three episodes. More recently, he worked on Transporter: The Series, and Houdini and Doyle.

In 2018 he co-wrote two episodes of Unspeakable, an eight-part miniseries for CBC Television and SundanceTV that dramatised Canada’s tainted-blood scandal.

Trivia In the Stargate Atlantis episode 5x16, a hall in a secret scientific facility was called "Carl Binder Memorial Theater".

Filmography Film Pocahontas (1995) – co-screenwriter

Television Punky Brewster (1985) – writer, episode “Christmas Shoplifting” Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1995–1998) – writer, producer, director Little Men (1998–1999) – creator, executive producer Transporter: The Series (2013–2014) – writer Houdini & Doyle (2016) – consulting producer, writer Unspeakable (2019) – writer

List of Stargate episodes written by Binder

Stargate SG-1 Title Season Notes Directed by "Demons" 3 None Peter DeLuise "200" 10 Written with Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper & Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie & Martin Gero & Alan McCullough Martin Wood

Stargate Atlantis Title Season Notes Directed by "Before I Sleep" 1 None Andy Mikita "Letters From Pegasus" 1 None Mario Azzopardi "Condemned" 2 Teleplay (Story by Sean Carley) Peter DeLuise "Aurora" 2 Teleplay (Story by Binder & Brad Wright) Martin Wood "The Hive" 2 None Martin Wood "Critical Mass" 2 Teleplay (Story by Binder & Brad Wright) Andy Mikita "Michael" 2 None Martin Wood "Inferno" 2 None Peter DeLuise "Irresistible" 3 Teleplay (Story by Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper) Martin Wood "Progeny" 3 None Andy Mikita "The Real World" 3 None Paul Ziller "McKay and Mrs. Miller" 3 Written with Martin Gero Martin Wood "Phantoms" 3 None Martin Wood "Echoes" 3 Written with Brad Wright Will Waring "The Game" 3 Written with Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson Will Waring "Vengeance" 3 None Andy Mikita "Lifeline" 4 None Martin Wood "Missing" 4 None Andy Mikita "Quarantine" 4 None Andy Mikita "Outcast" 4 Teleplay (Story by Binder & Joe Flanigan) Andy Mikita "Midway" 4 None Andy Mikita "Ghost in the Machine" 5 None Ken Girotti "Tracker" 5 None Will Waring "The Prodigal" 5 None Andy Mikita "Identity" 5 None Will Waring

Stargate Universe Title Season Notes Directed by "Water" 1 with Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper Will Waring "Life" 1 None Alex Chapple "Pain" 1 None Will Waring "Pathogen" 2 None Robert Carlyle "Hope" 2 None Will Waring