# Travis Braun
**Travis Braun** is an American television writer and producer, Emmy Award-nominated, known as the creator and executive producer of the Disney Junior series *Pupstruction* (2023), *T.O.T.S.* (2019), and the [Disney Channel](https://www.edgepedia.org/disney-channel) series *Fast Layne* (2019).[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/) He is also the first writer in the twenty-year history of the annual Black List to have the #1 script in consecutive years, with *Bad Boy* in 2023 and *One Night Only* in 2024.[3](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part-2-travis-braun-4b96f9ad6965/) He works across animated and live-action children's and family programming, under an overall deal with Disney entered in 2018 and extended in 2021.[4](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/travis-braun-overall-deal-disney-channels-worldwide-1203017141/) • [5](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210818005844/en/Disney-Sets-New-Overall-Deal-with-Emmy-Award-Nominated-Writer-and-Producer-Travis-Braun)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Created series | *Pupstruction* (Disney Junior, 2023), *T.O.T.S.* (Disney Junior, 2019), *Fast Layne* (Disney Channel, 2019)[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/) |
| Episode credits | Writer on *T.O.T.S.* for 75 episodes (2019–2022), *Vampirina* for 35 episodes (2017–2020), and *Pupstruction* for 46 episodes (2023–2025)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/) |
| Black List | *Bad Boy* #1 on the 2023 Black List; *One Night Only* #1 on the 2024 Black List; *Dying For You* on the 2022 list[3](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part-2-travis-braun-4b96f9ad6965/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/) |
| Studio ties | Overall deal with Disney Channels Worldwide (2018), extended with Disney Branded Television (2021)[4](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/travis-braun-overall-deal-disney-channels-worldwide-1203017141/) • [5](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210818005844/en/Disney-Sets-New-Overall-Deal-with-Emmy-Award-Nominated-Writer-and-Producer-Travis-Braun) |
| Early career | Writers' production assistant on *Criminal Minds* (2011–2012); Nickelodeon Writing Program; staff writer at Disney Junior (2016–2017)[6](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-travis-braun-a9c81f94de95) • [7](https://linkedin.com/in/travis-braun-327a5612) |
| Advertising | Wrote and produced the Doritos commercial "Doritos Dogs," which won the $1 million "Crash the Super Bowl" grand prize and aired during Super Bowl 50 (2016)[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/) |
| Origins | From Ovalo, Texas; graduated summa cum laude from Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana; resides in Burbank, California[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/) |
## Early life and education
Braun is originally from Ovalo, Texas, and graduated summa cum laude from Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana.[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/) His LinkedIn record dates the [Bachelor of Arts](https://www.edgepedia.org/bachelor-of-arts) in [Journalism](https://www.edgepedia.org/journalism) at Franklin College to 2007–2010.[7](https://linkedin.com/in/travis-braun-327a5612) He studied journalism and interned at *USA Today* and then ABC World News, the latter during his college days.[6](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-travis-braun-a9c81f94de95) • [8](https://www.deltaradio.net/local/from-intern-to-executive-producer-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun-on-his-long-journey-with-disney)
His family business was auto racing, and he grew up working on race cars, an experience he later drew on for *Pupstruction*.[9](https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2023/06/07/interview-with-disney-juniors-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun/)
## Career
**Entry through support roles.** Braun began his television career as a writers' production assistant on the CBS drama *Criminal Minds*, a position his LinkedIn record dates from May 2011 to October 2012.[6](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-travis-braun-a9c81f94de95) • [7](https://linkedin.com/in/travis-braun-327a5612) In his own account, the job was his "MFA in screenwriting," his first chance to be around ten to twelve professional writers working every day.[6](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-travis-braun-a9c81f94de95) He then worked as a script coordinator on [DreamWorks Animation](https://www.edgepedia.org/dreamworks-animation)'s *Turbo FAST* (February 2014 to May 2015) and on *[Criminal Minds](https://www.edgepedia.org/criminal-minds-franchise): Beyond Borders* ([May to December](https://www.edgepedia.org/may-to-december) 2015).[7](https://linkedin.com/in/travis-braun-327a5612) • [1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/)
**Into children's television.** His first step into kids and family content was the Nickelodeon Writing Program, which he entered around 2016; he then moved to Disney, writing on *Vampirina* and creating *T.O.T.S.*[6](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-travis-braun-a9c81f94de95) His LinkedIn record places him as a staff writer at Disney Junior from January 2016 to October 2017, then co-executive producer at Disney Channel from October 2017 to September 2018, and executive producer at The Walt Disney Studios since September 2018.[7](https://linkedin.com/in/travis-braun-327a5612)
**Overall deals.** In 2018 Braun entered an overall deal with Disney Channels Worldwide to develop and produce animated and live-action content across Disney Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior, and Disney's then-upcoming streaming service; at that point he was creator and co-executive producer on *Fast Layne* and *T.O.T.S.*, both set to premiere in 2019.[4](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/travis-braun-overall-deal-disney-channels-worldwide-1203017141/) In August 2021 Disney announced an extension of the overall deal with Disney Branded Television, covering linear and streaming platforms with first-look rights for other Disney-owned platforms.[5](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210818005844/en/Disney-Sets-New-Overall-Deal-with-Emmy-Award-Nominated-Writer-and-Producer-Travis-Braun) The same announcement greenlit *Pupstruction* for Disney Junior, produced by Titmouse in association with Disney Junior and slated to premiere in 2023, and noted that a Disney Channel Original Movie from Braun was in development.[5](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210818005844/en/Disney-Sets-New-Overall-Deal-with-Emmy-Award-Nominated-Writer-and-Producer-Travis-Braun)
## Notable work and writing approach
*Pupstruction* follows an all-dog construction company led by an innovative young corgi named Phinny.[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/) It premiered on Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney+ on June 14, 2023.[8](https://www.deltaradio.net/local/from-intern-to-executive-producer-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun-on-his-long-journey-with-disney) Braun has said the series was inspired by his childhood working in his family's auto racing business alongside their chocolate Labradors, and by his Doritos Super Bowl commercial.[8](https://www.deltaradio.net/local/from-intern-to-executive-producer-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun-on-his-long-journey-with-disney) • [9](https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2023/06/07/interview-with-disney-juniors-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun/) Describing his aims for the show, he said, "I love that intersection between comedy and heart, and that's what we really want this show to shine through."[9](https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2023/06/07/interview-with-disney-juniors-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun/)
His animation writing credits beyond his own creations include Netflix's *Turbo FAST*, the [Nickelodeon](https://www.edgepedia.org/nickelodeon) short "Charlie and Mr. Two," and episodes of *Vampirina*, *Puppy Dog Pals*, and *Muppet Babies*; he was also a script coordinator on *Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders*.[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/) IMDb additionally lists credits on *Monsters at Work* (2021).[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/)
## By the numbers
Braun's television output centers on three created series and a long run of episode credits on Disney animation. IMDb credits him as creator and writer on *Pupstruction* across 46 episodes (2023–2025), as a writer on *T.O.T.S.* for 75 episodes (2019–2022), and as a writer on *Vampirina* for 35 episodes (2017–2020).[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/) On the feature side, he has placed three scripts on the annual Black List, two of them at #1 in consecutive years.[3](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part-2-travis-braun-4b96f9ad6965/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/) His studio career has run through an overall deal with Disney entered in 2018 and extended in 2021.[4](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/travis-braun-overall-deal-disney-channels-worldwide-1203017141/) • [5](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210818005844/en/Disney-Sets-New-Overall-Deal-with-Emmy-Award-Nominated-Writer-and-Producer-Travis-Braun)
## What has changed since 2023
The period from 2023 onward marks Braun's move into feature screenwriting prominence alongside his Disney television work. *Pupstruction* premiered in June 2023 and its credits run through 2025 on IMDb.[8](https://www.deltaradio.net/local/from-intern-to-executive-producer-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun-on-his-long-journey-with-disney) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/) His script *Bad Boy* topped the 2023 Black List, and *One Night Only* topped the 2024 list, making him the first writer with back-to-back #1 placements in the survey's twenty-year history.[3](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part-2-travis-braun-4b96f9ad6965/) *One Night Only*, with the logline "Two strangers scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal," is set up at Universal with [Will Gluck](https://www.edgepedia.org/will-gluck) attached to direct; as of the interview, the project was in casting.[3](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part-2-travis-braun-4b96f9ad6965/) His 2022 Black List script *Dying For You*, about a low-level worker on a spaceship run by a dark god who must steal the most powerful weapon in the universe to save his workplace crush, is set up with Lord & Miller to produce.[6](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-travis-braun-a9c81f94de95)
## Reception and recognition
Disney Branded Television and IMDb both describe Braun as an Emmy Award-nominated writer and producer.[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/) His Black List achievement is documented: *Bad Boy* at #1 in 2023, *Dying For You* on the 2022 list, and *[One Night Only](https://www.edgepedia.org/one-night-only-2026-film)* at #1 in 2024.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/) • [3](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part-2-travis-braun-4b96f9ad6965/) In advertising, his 2016 [Doritos](https://www.edgepedia.org/doritos) commercial "Doritos Dogs" won the $1 million "Crash the Super Bowl" grand prize and aired during [Super Bowl 50](https://www.edgepedia.org/super-bowl-50).[1](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/)
He entered children's and family animation through the Nickelodeon Writing Program and then built a creator-producer career within Disney, across three created series and an overall deal entered in 2018 and extended in 2021.[6](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-travis-braun-a9c81f94de95) • [4](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/travis-braun-overall-deal-disney-channels-worldwide-1203017141/) • [5](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210818005844/en/Disney-Sets-New-Overall-Deal-with-Emmy-Award-Nominated-Writer-and-Producer-Travis-Braun)
## References
1. [Travis Braun — Disney Branded Television Press Bio](https://www.dgepress.com/disneybrandedtelevision/bios/travis-braun/)
2. [Travis Braun (I) — IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4136506/)
3. [Interview (Part 2): Travis Braun — The Black List (Go Into The Story)](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/interview-part-2-travis-braun-4b96f9ad6965/)
4. [Travis Braun Sets Overall Deal With Disney Channels Worldwide — Variety (2018)](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/travis-braun-overall-deal-disney-channels-worldwide-1203017141/)
5. [Disney Sets New Overall Deal with Emmy Award-Nominated Writer and Producer Travis Braun — Business Wire (Aug 18, 2021)](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210818005844/en/Disney-Sets-New-Overall-Deal-with-Emmy-Award-Nominated-Writer-and-Producer-Travis-Braun)
6. [Go Into The Story Interview: Travis Braun — The Black List](https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/go-into-the-story-interview-travis-braun-a9c81f94de95)
7. [Travis Braun — LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/travis-braun-327a5612)
8. [From intern to executive producer: 'Pupstruction' creator Travis Braun on his long journey with Disney — ABC Audio via Delta Radio](https://www.deltaradio.net/local/from-intern-to-executive-producer-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun-on-his-long-journey-with-disney)
9. [Interview with Disney Junior's 'Pupstruction' Creator Travis Braun — Laughing Place (June 7, 2023)](https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2023/06/07/interview-with-disney-juniors-pupstruction-creator-travis-braun/)
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