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'''Christopher Carl Carter''', (born October 13, 1956) is an American television and film producer, director and writer, best known as the creator of ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[The Lone Gunmen (TV series)|The Lone Gunmen]]'', ''[[Millennium]]'' and ''[[Harsh Realm]]''.
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'''Christopher Carl Carter''', born on Saturday, October 13, 1956 in California, is the creator of ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[The Lone Gunmen]]'', ''[[Millennium]]'' and ''[[Harsh Realm]]''.
  
   
 
After discovering a passion for surfing when he was twelve, Chris graduated from California State University at Long Beach in 1979 with a degree in Journalism. He was then hired by Surfing Magazine, where he spent the next several years writing articles, conducting interviews and experiencing the pressure of writing under deadlines.
  
After discovering a passion for surfing when he was twelve, Chris graduated from California State University at Long Beach in 1979 with a degree in Journalism. He was then hired by Surfing Magazine, where he spent the next several years writing articles, conducting interviews and experiencing the pressure of writing under deadlines.
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In 1985, Chris began writing screenplays for Disney. There, he helped write several movies and contributed to established series, such as ''Cameo By Night'', ''Rags to Riches'' and ''Brand New Life''.
  
In 1985, Chris began writing screenplays for Disney. There, he helped write several movies and contributed to established series, such as ''Cameo By Night'', ''Rags to Riches'' and ''Brand New Life''.
   
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He also wrote two pilots for the series, ''Copter Cop'' and ''Cool Culture''. Although they were met with praise, the series unfortunately proved impossible to produce due to unrelated circumstances.
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He also wrote two pilots for the series, ''Copter Cop'' and ''Cool Culture''. Although they were met with praise, the series, unfortunately, proved impossible to produce due to unrelated circumstances.
   
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In 1992, Chris was signed to [[20th Century Fox]] and commissioned to develop three new series. His first attempt was ''The X-Files'', which became a world-wide smash hit that ran for nine years and also spawned a feature film midway through its run. In 1996, ''Millennium'' started a run that would last three years, but his 1999 series ''Harsh Realm'' was dealt an early death. ''X-Files'' spin-off ''The Lone Gunmen'' debuted in 2001, but the unique mixture of humor and conspiracy also went to an early grave. The second X-Files movie, [[The_X-Files:_I_Want_to_Believe|The X-Files: I Want To Believe]], was released in 2008. Carter wrote the script with long-time collaborator and X-Files writer [[Frank Spotnitz]], and directed the movie. This was Carter's first outing as a director of a feature film.
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In 1992, Chris was signed to [[20th Century Fox]] and commissioned to develop three new series. His first attempt was ''The X-Files'', which became a worldwide smash hit that ran for nine years and also spawned a feature film midway through its run. In 1996, ''Millennium'' started a run that would last three years, but his 1999 series ''Harsh Realm'' was dealt an early death. ''X-Files'' spin-off ''The Lone Gunmen'' debuted in 2001, but the unique mixture of humor and conspiracy also went to an early grave. The second X-Files movie, [[The X-Files: I Want to Believe|The X-Files: I Want To Believe]], was released in 2008. Carter wrote the script with long-time collaborator and X-Files writer [[Frank Spotnitz]] and directed the movie. This was Carter's first outing as a director of a feature film.
   
 
Chris currently lives in Malibu with wife Dori Pierson, with a second home in Santa Barbara. He still has a passion for surfing that began in his childhood.
  
Chris currently lives in Malibu with wife Dori Pierson, with a second home in Santa Barbara. He still has a passion for surfing that began in his childhood.
   
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==Writer Credits==
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==Credits==
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*'''''[[The X-Files]]''''':
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===The X-Files===
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**[[TXF Season 1|Season 1]]:
  
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***"[[Pilot (The X-Files)|Pilot]]"
  
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***"[[Deep Throat (episode)|Deep Throat]]"
  
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***"[[The Jersey Devil]]"
  
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***"[[Space]]"
  
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***"[[Fire]]"
  
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***"[[Young at Heart]]" (with [[Scott Kaufer]])
  
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|"[[Pilot (The X-Files)|Pilot]]"
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***"[[Miracle Man]]" (with [[Howard Gordon]])
  
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***"[[Darkness Falls]]"
  
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***"[[The Erlenmeyer Flask]]"
  
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|"[[Deep Throat (episode)|Deep Throat]]"
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**[[TXF Season 2|Season 2]]:
  
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***"[[The Host]]"
  
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|"[[The Jersey Devil]]"
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***"[[Duane Barry (episode)|Duane Barry]]"
  
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***"[[Red Museum (episode)|Red Museum]]"
  
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***"[[Irresistible]]"
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|"[[Space]]"
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***"[[Colony]]" (Teleplay, Story with [[David Duchovny]])
  
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|"[[Fire]]"
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***"[[F. Emasculata]]" (with [[Howard Gordon]])
  
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***"[[Anasazi (episode)|Anasazi]]" (Teleplay, Story with [[David Duchovny]])
  
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|"[[Young at Heart]]" (with [[Scott Kaufer]])
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**[[TXF Season 3|Season 3]]:
  
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***"[[The Blessing Way]]"
  
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|"[[Miracle Man]]" (with [[Howard Gordon]])
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***"[[Paper Clip]]"
  
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|-
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***"[[The List]]"
  
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|"[[Darkness Falls]]"
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***"[[Nisei]]" (with [[Howard Gordon]] and [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|-
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***"[[Syzygy]]"
  
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|"[[The Erlenmeyer Flask]]"
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***"[[Piper Maru (episode)|Piper Maru]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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***"[[Apocrypha]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#f64d4b;"|Season 2
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***"[[Talitha Cumi]]" (Teleplay, Story with [[David Duchovny]])
  
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|-
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**[[TXF Season 4|Season 4]]:
  
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||"[[Anasazi]]" (Teleplay, Story with David Duchovny)
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***"[[Herrenvolk]]"
  
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|Actor/Writer
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***"[[Tunguska (episode)|Tunguska]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|-
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***"[[Terma]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[Duane Barry (episode)|Duane Barry]]"
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***"[[Memento Mori]]" (with [[Vince Gilligan]], [[John Shiban]], and [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|Director/Writer
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***"[[Unrequited]]" (Teleplay with [[Howard Gordon]])
  
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|-
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***"[[Tempus Fugit]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[The Host]]"
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***"[[Max]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|rowspan="5"|Writer
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***"[[Gethsemane]]"
  
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|-
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**[[TXF Season 5|Season 5]]:
  
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|"[[Red Museum (episode)|Red Museum]]"
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***"[[Redux]]"
  
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***"[[Redux II]]"
  
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|"[[Irresistible]]"
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***"[[The Post-Modern Prometheus]]"
  
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|-
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***"[[Chinga]]" (with [[Stephen King]])
  
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***"[[Patient X]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
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|"[[Colony]]" (Teleplay, Story with [[David Duchovny]])
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|-
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***"[[The Red and the Black]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[F. Emasculata]]" (with Howard Gordon)
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***"[[The End]]"
  
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|-
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**''[[The X-Files: Fight the Future]]'' (Screenplay, Story with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#de9dfe;"|Season 3
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**[[TXF Season 6|Season 6]]:
  
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|-
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***"[[The Beginning]]"
  
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***"[[Triangle]]"
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|"[[The List]]"
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|Director/Writer
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***"[[How the Ghosts Stole Christmas]]"
  
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|-
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***"[[Two Fathers]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[The Blessing Way]]"
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***"[[One Son]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|rowspan="7"|Writer
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***"[[Milagro]]" (Teleplay)
  
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|-
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***"[[Biogenesis]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[Paper Clip]]"
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**[[TXF Season 7|Season 7]]:
  
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|-
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***"[[The Sixth Extinction]]"
  
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***"[[The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati]]" (with [[David Duchovny]])
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|"[[Nisei]]" (with Howard Gordon and [[Frank Spotnitz]])
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|-
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***"[[Sein Und Zeit]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[Syzygy]]"
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***"[[Closure (The X-Files)|Closure]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|-
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***"[[Fight Club]]"
  
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|"[[Piper Maru]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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***"[[Requiem]]"
  
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|-
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**[[TXF Season 8|Season 8]]:
  
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|"[[Apocrypha]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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***"[[Within]]"
  
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***"[[Without]]"
  
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|"[[Talitha Cumi]]" (Teleplay, Story with David Duchovny))
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***"[[Patience]]"
  
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***"[[Per Manum]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#90ef8c;"|Season 4
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***"[[This Is Not Happening]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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***"[[DeadAlive]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[Herrenvolk]]"
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***"[[Three Words]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|rowspan="8"|Writer
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***"[[Essence]]"
  
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|-
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***"[[Existence]]"
  
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|"[[Tunguska]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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**[[TXF Season 9|Season 9]]:
  
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***"[[Nothing Important Happened Today]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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***"[[Nothing Important Happened Today II]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
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|"[[Terma]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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***"[[Trust No 1]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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***"[[Provenance]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
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|"[[Memento Mori]]" (w/ Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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***"[[Providence]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[Unrequited]]" (Teleplay with Howard Gordon)
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***"[[Improbable]]"
  
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|-
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***"[[William (episode)|William]]" (Teleplay, Story with [[David Duchovny]] and [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[Tempus Fugit]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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***"[[The Truth]]"
  
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|-
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**''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'' (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[Max]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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**[[TXF Season 10|Season 10]]
  
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***"[[My Struggle]]"
  
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***"[[Babylon]]"
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|"[[Gethsemane]]"
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|-
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***"[[My Struggle II]]" (with [[Margaret Fearon (writer)|Margaret Fearon]] & [[Anne Simon]])
  
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#bc902f;"|Season 5
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|-
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|"[[The Post-Modern Prometheus]]"
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|rowspan="2"|Director/Writer
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|-
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|"[[The Red and the Black]]"
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|-
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|"[[Redux]]"
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|rowspan="5"|Writer
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|-
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|"[[Redux II]]"
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|-
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|"[[Chinga]]" (with [[Stephen King]])
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|-
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|"[[Patient X]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[The End]]"
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:gold;"|[[The X-Files: Fight the Future]]
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|-
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|colspan="2"|(Screenplay, Story with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#fbbfc9;"|Season 6
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|-
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|"[[Triangle]]"
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|rowspan="2"|Director/Writer
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|"[[How the Ghosts Stole Christmas]]"
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|-
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|"[[The Beginning]]"
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|rowspan="6"|Writer
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|-
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|"[[Two Fathers]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|"[[One Son]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[Milagro]]" (Teleplay)
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|-
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|"[[Biogenesis]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffff7f;"|Season 7
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|-
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|"[[Hollywood A.D.]]"
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|Actor
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|"[[First Person Shooter]]"
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|Director
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|"[[The Sixth Extinction]]"
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|rowspan="6"|Writer
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|-
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|"[[The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati]]" (with [[David Duchovny]])
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|-
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|"[[Sein Und Zeit]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[Closure (The X-Files)|Closure]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[Fight Club]]"
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|-
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|"[[Requiem]]"
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#9999ff;"|Season 8
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|-
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|"[[Patience]]"
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|Director/Writer
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|-
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|"[[Within]]"
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|rowspan="8"|Writer
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|-
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|"[[Without]]"
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|-
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|"[[Per Manum]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[This Is Not Happening]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[DeadAlive]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[Three Words]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[Essence]]"
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|-
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|"[[Existence]]"
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#b2d8b2;"|Season 9
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|-
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|"[[Providence]]" (writer with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
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|rowspan="2"|Director/Writer
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|-
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|"[[Improbable]]"
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|-
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|"[[Nothing Important Happened Today]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|rowspan="6"|Writer
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|-
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|"[[Nothing Important Happened Today II]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[Trust No 1]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[Provenance]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[William (episode)|William]]" (Teleplay, Story with David Duchovny and Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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|"[[The Truth]]"
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#bf9b30;"|[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]
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|-
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|colspan="2"|Director/ (Screenplay, Story with Frank Spotnitz)
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#f6784b;"|Season 10
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|-
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|"[[My Struggle]]"
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|rowspan="3"|Director/Writer
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|-
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|"[[Babylon]]"
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|-
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|"[[My Struggle II]]" (w/ [[Margaret Fearon (writer)|Margaret Fearon]] & [[Anne Simon]])
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:magenta;"|Season 11
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|-
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|"[[My Struggle III]]”
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|rowspan="2"|Director/Writer
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|"[[My Struggle IV]]
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|"[[Plus One]]”
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*'''''[[Millennium]]''''':
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===Millennium===
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**[[MM Season 1|Season 1]]:
  
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***"[[Pilot (Millennium)|Pilot]]"
  
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***"[[Gehenna (episode)|Gehenna]]"
  
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!Credit
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***"[[The Well-Worn Lock]]"
  
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***"[[Lamentation]]"
  
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:lightblue;"|Season 1
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**[[MM Season 3|Season 3]]:
  
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|-
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***"[[TEOTWAWKI]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|"[[Pilot (Millennium)|Pilot]]"
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***"[[Antipas]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|rowspan="4"|Writer
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***"[[Seven and One]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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|-
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|"[[Gehenna (episode)|Gehenna]]"
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|-
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|"[[The Well-Worn Lock]]"
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|-
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|"[[Lamentation]]"
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|-
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!colspan="2" style="background-color:#de9dfe;"|Season 3
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|-
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|"[[TEOTWAWKI]]" (with [[Frank Spotnitz]])
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|rowspan="3"|Writer
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|-
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|"[[Antipas]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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|"[[Seven and One]]" (with Frank Spotnitz)
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*'''''[[The Lone Gunmen]]''''':
  
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**[[TLG Season 1|Season 1]]:
  
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***"[[Pilot (The Lone Gunmen)|Pilot]]" (with [[Vince Gilligan]] and [[Frank Spotnitz]])
  
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***"[[Three Men and a Smoking Diaper]]"
  
   
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===The Lone Gunmen===
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*'''''[[The X-Files]]''''':
  
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**[[TXF Season 2|Season 2]]
  
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***"[[Duane Barry (episode)|Duane Barry]]"
  
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**[[TXF Season 3|Season 3]]
  
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***"[[The List]]"
  
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|"[[Three Men and a Smoking Diaper]]"
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**[[TXF Season 5|Season 5]]
  
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|Actor/Writer
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***"[[The Post-Modern Prometheus]]"
  
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|-
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***"[[The Red and the Black]]"
  
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|"[[Pilot (The Lone Gunmen)|Pilot]]" (with [[Vince Gilligan]] and [[Frank Spotnitz]])
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**[[TXF Season 6|Season 6]]
  
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|Writer
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***"[[Triangle]]"
  
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***"[[How the Ghosts Stole Christmas]]"
  
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</div>
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**[[TXF Season 7|Season 7]]
  
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***"[[First Person Shooter]]"
  
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**[[TXF Season 8|Season 8]]
  
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***"[[Patience]]"
  
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**[[TXF Season 9|Season 9]]
  
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***"[[Providence]]"
  
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***"[[Improbable]]"
  
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**''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]''
  
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**[[TXF Season 10|Season 10]]
  
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***"[[My Struggle]]"
  
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***"[[Babylon]]"
  
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***"[[My Struggle II]]"
  
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Template:Infobox actor Christopher Carl Carter, (born October 13, 1956) is an American television and film producer, director and writer, best known as the creator of The X-Files, The Lone Gunmen, Millennium and Harsh Realm.

After discovering a passion for surfing when he was twelve, Chris graduated from California State University at Long Beach in 1979 with a degree in Journalism. He was then hired by Surfing Magazine, where he spent the next several years writing articles, conducting interviews and experiencing the pressure of writing under deadlines.

In 1981, he was inspired to write screenplays by the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. On the strength of two screenplays, including the comedy, Rest Home For Spies, Jeffrey Katzenberg eventually hired Chris for a Hollywood powerhouse movie "factory."

In 1985, Chris began writing screenplays for Disney. There, he helped write several movies and contributed to established series, such as Cameo By Night, Rags to Riches and Brand New Life.

He also wrote two pilots for the series, Copter Cop and Cool Culture. Although they were met with praise, the series, unfortunately, proved impossible to produce due to unrelated circumstances.

In 1992, Chris was signed to 20th Century Fox and commissioned to develop three new series. His first attempt was The X-Files, which became a worldwide smash hit that ran for nine years and also spawned a feature film midway through its run. In 1996, Millennium started a run that would last three years, but his 1999 series Harsh Realm was dealt an early death. X-Files spin-off The Lone Gunmen debuted in 2001, but the unique mixture of humor and conspiracy also went to an early grave. The second X-Files movie, The X-Files: I Want To Believe, was released in 2008. Carter wrote the script with long-time collaborator and X-Files writer Frank Spotnitz and directed the movie. This was Carter's first outing as a director of a feature film.

Chris currently lives in Malibu with wife Dori Pierson, with a second home in Santa Barbara. He still has a passion for surfing that began in his childhood.

Credits

The X-Files

Episode Credit
Season 1
"Pilot" Writer
"Deep Throat"
"The Jersey Devil"
"Space"
"Fire"
"Young at Heart" (with Scott Kaufer)
"Miracle Man" (with Howard Gordon)
"Darkness Falls"
"The Erlenmeyer Flask"
Season 2
"Anasazi" (Teleplay, Story with David Duchovny) Actor/Writer
"Duane Barry" Director/Writer
"The Host" Writer
"Red Museum"
"Irresistible"
"Colony" (Teleplay, Story with David Duchovny)
"F. Emasculata" (with Howard Gordon)
Season 3
"The List" Director/Writer
"The Blessing Way" Writer
"Paper Clip"
"Nisei" (with Howard Gordon and Frank Spotnitz)
"Syzygy"
"Piper Maru" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Apocrypha" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Talitha Cumi" (Teleplay, Story with David Duchovny))
Season 4
"Herrenvolk" Writer
"Tunguska" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Terma" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Memento Mori" (w/ Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Frank Spotnitz)
"Unrequited" (Teleplay with Howard Gordon)
"Tempus Fugit" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Max" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Gethsemane"
Season 5
"The Post-Modern Prometheus" Director/Writer
"The Red and the Black"
"Redux" Writer
"Redux II"
"Chinga" (with Stephen King)
"Patient X" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"The End"
The X-Files: Fight the Future
(Screenplay, Story with Frank Spotnitz)
Season 6
"Triangle" Director/Writer
"How the Ghosts Stole Christmas"
"The Beginning" Writer
"Two Fathers" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"One Son" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Milagro" (Teleplay)
"Biogenesis" (with Frank Spotnitz)
Season 7
"Hollywood A.D." Actor
"First Person Shooter" Director
"The Sixth Extinction" Writer
"The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati" (with David Duchovny)
"Sein Und Zeit" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Closure" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Fight Club"
"Requiem"
Season 8
"Patience" Director/Writer
"Within" Writer
"Without"
"Per Manum" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"This Is Not Happening" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"DeadAlive" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Three Words" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Essence"
"Existence"
Season 9
"Providence" (writer with Frank Spotnitz) Director/Writer
"Improbable"
"Nothing Important Happened Today" (with Frank Spotnitz) Writer
"Nothing Important Happened Today II" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Trust No 1" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Provenance" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"William" (Teleplay, Story with David Duchovny and Frank Spotnitz)
"The Truth"
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Director/ (Screenplay, Story with Frank Spotnitz)
Season 10
"My Struggle" Director/Writer
"Babylon"
"My Struggle II" (w/ Margaret Fearon & Anne Simon)
Season 11
"My Struggle III” Director/Writer
"My Struggle IV
"Plus One” Writer

Millennium

Episode Credit
Season 1
"Pilot" Writer
"Gehenna"
"The Well-Worn Lock"
"Lamentation"
Season 3
"TEOTWAWKI" (with Frank Spotnitz) Writer
"Antipas" (with Frank Spotnitz)
"Seven and One" (with Frank Spotnitz)


The Lone Gunmen

Episode Credit
"Three Men and a Smoking Diaper" Actor/Writer
"Pilot" (with Vince Gilligan and Frank Spotnitz) Writer

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