His television writing debut was on the 2001 HBO series,
Six Feet Under, joining the writing staff during the 2003 season. During that season, he wrote "Twilight," for which he was nominated for an Emmy and "Timing and Space"; he penned 3 more episodes of
Six Feet Under and co-wrote one with co-executive producer, Jill Soloway. In 2004, he was appointed Executive Story Editor with Nancy Oliver. In 2005, he became a producer for the fifth and final season.
In 2005, he signed a 2 year deal with Touchstone Television. He served as a supervising producer and writer for the second season of ABCs
Lost in Fall 2005. He left the series midseason after co-writing two episodes. Wright and the
Lost writing staff won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons.
Wright became a co-executive producer and writer on ABC's
Brothers & Sisters in 2006.
During the 2007 season, Wright worked as the creator, head writer, and executive producer of ABC's
Dirty Sexy Money, which stars
Six Feet Under alumnus Peter Krause, Donald Sutherland, Samaire Armstrong and William Baldwin. The pilot was produced by Greg Berlanti and directed by Peter Horton. The series premiered in the fall of 2007.
Writing credits
Six Feet Under episodes
- Timing and Space, (2003)
- Twilight, (2003)
- Falling into Place, (2004)
- The Black Forest, with Jill Soloway, (2004)
- Time Flies, (2005)
- Static (2005)
Lost episodes
- Orientation (2005) with Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- What Kate Did (2005) with Steven Maeda
Brothers & Sisters episodes
- "Affairs of State", with Jon Robin Baitz (2006)
- "Family Portrait", with Jon Robin Baitz & Emily Whitesell (2006)
- "Mistakes Were Made, Part One", with Jon Robin Baitz (2006)