query: creator ancient 
supports: Jonathan Glassner is a Norwegian-American television writer, director, and producer. He is known for his involvement with "Stargate SG-1" (where he was executive producer for the first three seasons) and "The Outer Limits". Glassner was initially noticed as a writer for his work on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". After writing for several television series, including "21 Jump Street", Glassner moved on to "The Outer Limits", which naturally segued into his involvement with "Stargate SG-1" as a staff writer and executive producer. His most recent work is as a writer and director for "", "", and other shows. He was also a Co-Executive Producer on the NBC show "Heist" and the FOX show "Standoff", as well as for Sci-Fi Channel's "The Invisible Man". Brad Wright is a Canadian television producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known as the creator or co-creator of the television series "Stargate SG-1" (with Jonathan Glassner), "Stargate Atlantis" (with Robert C. Cooper) and "Stargate Universe" (also with Cooper). He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Stargate Universe (often abbreviated as SGU) is a Canadian-American military science fiction television series and part of MGM's "Stargate" franchise. It follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship "Destiny" several billion light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth, while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe. The series, created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper, premiered in the United States on Syfy on October 2, 2009. The series featured an ensemble cast and was primarily filmed in and around Vancouver, BC, Canada. A second season of 20 episodes was announced by Syfy in December 2009. Roland Emmerich (born November 10, 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer, widely known for his disaster films. His films, most of which are English-language Hollywood productions, have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the United States, making him the country's 14th-highest grossing director of all time. He began his work in the film industry by directing the film "The Noah's Ark Principle" (1984) as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister. He is a collector of art and an active campaigner for the LGBT community, and is openly gay. He is also a campaigner for awareness of global warming and human rights. Dean Devlin (born August 27, 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, television director and former actor. He is the founder of the production company Electric Entertainment. The Alterans are a fictional race in the Stargate universe that have been portrayed as nearly identical to humans, or, having ascended into a state of pure energy. In the timeframe of the television shows, the Alterans are politically divided into two groups; one known primarily as the Ori, and the other known as the Ancients (Stargate SG-1), the Ancestors (Atlantis), and the Lanteans (Atlantis). The alterans are one of the oldest sentient races known in the stargate universe, and are also considered to be the most technically advanced race there is. The Goa'uld (pronounced ; commonly shortened to or ) are a symbiotic race of ancient astronauts from the American-Canadian military science fiction television franchise "Stargate". The Goa'uld are parasites from the planet P3X-888, integrated within a host, most of the time a human. The resulting creatures are a powerful race bent on galactic conquest and domination, largely without pity, compassion or remorse. In the first eight seasons of "Stargate SG-1", they are the greatest extraterrestrial threat to Earth known to the Stargate Command (SGC). The Goa'uld are the main enemies of SG-1 for most of the show, until they are replaced in this capacity by the Ori in seasons 9 and 10. They also appear in the "Stargate Atlantis" episode , and in the DVD movie "". They are pejoratively called "snakes" or "snakeheads" by Jack O'Neill. Stargate Atlantis (often abbreviated SGA) is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's "Stargate" franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of "Stargate SG-1", which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself based on the feature film "Stargate" (1994). All five seasons of "Stargate Atlantis" were broadcast by the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States and The Movie Network in Canada. The show premiered on July 16, 2004; its final episode aired on January 9, 2009. The series was filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. For the art group , see Ancients / The Ancients . Ancients / The Ancients are a fictional humanoid species from the Stargate franchise . Among their several names , they are called Ancients / The Ancients in Milky Way , Ancestors / The Ancestors and Lanteans in Pegasus Galaxy , and they sometimes call themselves Anquietas in their language . They are also known as Alterans , which consists of two factions : themselves and Ori . In the Stargate universe , they are one of the most advanced species known to have existed . The Ancients evolved tens of millions of years ago and reached their level of technology long before humanity evolved on Earth . They might be best known as the ones that built the Stargates ; big ring - shaped portals allowing wormhole travel between planets . The stargates are placed on many viable planets throughout the universe . They were placed there by seed ships which are of older ancient design and are responsible for the manufacture and delivery of the stargates to new worlds . The Stargates are commonly used by Earth humans , Goa'uld and Wraiths as seen in the Stargate TV - series to travel and explore the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxies . In the TV series Stargate Atlantis , the Ancients built Atlantis , a city - ship and the show 's main setting , and are responsible for the emergence of the show 's two main antagonist species : Wraith and Asuran . In the TV - series Stargate Universe they are the ones that have built and launched the spaceship Destiny on its journey , whose purpose is to investigate a strange pattern detected prior to the big bang , in order to prove intelligent life existed prior to the creation of the universe . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (abbreviated as MGM or M-G-M, also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or Metro, and for a former interval known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, or MGM/UA) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs. Stargate is a military science fiction and media franchise based on the film created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The franchise is based on the idea of an alien EinsteinRosen bridge device (the Stargate) that enables nearly instantaneous travel across the cosmos. The franchise began with the film "Stargate", released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, which grossed US$197 million worldwide. In 1997, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner created a television series titled "Stargate SG-1" as a sequel to the film. This show was joined by "Stargate Atlantis" in 2004, and a third spin-off series, "Stargate Universe", in 2009. Also consistent with the same story are a variety of books, video games and comic books, as well as the direct-to-DVD movies "" and "", which concluded the first television show after 10 seasons. Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Stargate" franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 science fiction film "Stargate" by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. The television series was filmed in and around the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered on Showtime on July 27, 1997 and moved to the Sci Fi Channel on June 7, 2002; the final episode first aired on Sky1 on March 13, 2007. With 214 episodes over 10 seasons, "Stargate SG-1" had surpassed "The X-Files" as the longest-running North American science fiction television series, until it was surpassed by the series "Smallville" in 2011, which was then surpassed by "Supernatural" in 2016. Ancient astronauts (or ancient aliens) is a pseudoscientific concept based on the belief that intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistoric times. Proponents suggest that this contact influenced the development of modern cultures, technologies, and religions. A common claim is that deities from most, if not all, religions are actually extraterrestrial in origin, and that advanced technologies brought to Earth by ancient astronauts were interpreted as evidence of divine status by early humans.
candidates: brad wright city dean devlin divine jonathan glassner noah roland emmerich ua
answer: jonathan glassner