Chris Carter

Christopher Carl Carter born October 13 1956 is an American television and film producer director and writer Born in Bellflower California Carter graduated with a degree in journalism from California State University Long Beach before spending thirteen years working for Surfing Magazine After beginning his television career working on television films for Walt Disney Studios Carter rose to fame in the 1990s for creating the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The XFiles The show earned high viewership ratings and eventually enabled Carter to negotiate the creation of future series Carter has his own television production company Ten Thirteen Productions wherein he went on to create three more series for the networkMillennium a doomsdaythemed series which met with critical approval and low viewer numbers Harsh Realm which was cancelled after three episodes had aired and The Lone Gunmen a spinoff of The XFiles which lasted for a single season Carters film roles include writing both of The XFiles cinematic spinoffs1998s successful The XFiles and the poorly received 2008 followup The XFiles I Want to Believe the latter of which he also directedwhile his television credits have earned him several accolades including eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Carter screenwriter licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia