chris_carter screenwriter chris_carter born october american television film producer director writer born california carter graduated degree journalism spending thirteen years working beginning television career working television films carter rose fame early 1990s creating science fiction supernatural television series files fox network x-files earned high viewership ratings led carter able negotiate creation future series carter went create series network millennium themed series met critical approval low viewer numbers canceled episodes aired spin x-files lasted single season carter film roles include writing cinematic spin offs successful files poorly received follow directed television credits earned accolades including primetime emmy award nominations television series recent series early life chris_carter born october california father worked construction industry carter described childhood fairly normal fond stance goofy attended graduated journalism degree avid began writing based journal eventually editor age carter work magazine thirteen years credits tenure teaching run business time carter began taking interest pottery making hundreds thousands pieces hobby compared process making pottery thrown work career starting television carter began dating met cousin worked connections led chairman hiring carter standard contract carter began writing television films studio meet scripts led carter associated contemporary youth comedy studio enjoyed work felt real strengths interests lay drama instead carter met president nbc company game california carter began talking innings eventually read carter script work brought write network carter developed number television pilots cameo night featuring described similar bunch science fiction series hampered injuries car accident cool culture influenced carter passion experience time carter work producer job accepted order learn producing series time president obtained copy carter pilot script cool culture series picked interested hiring carter work cbs series soon leave cbs work fox head television production wing carter wave new staff hired develop material network began work series based childhood fondness twilight zone night x-files success carter new series stylistic inspiration thematically reflecting experiences growing scandal carter drew inspiration friend survey american beliefs indicated percent population believed abducted aliens warmed idea hearing influence believing vampires central antagonists original series popular audiences given interest shown upcoming film interview vampire vampire chronicles carter insisted extraterrestrial focused series carter interested science fiction point briefly read novel basing characters instead found english television series carter took eighteen page treatment new project titled files pitch meeting fox soon rejected help carter able arrange second pitch meeting network reluctantly agreed pilot series finding series starring leads gillian_anderson david_duchovny carter given budget million produce pilot episode series aired friday nights fox network broadcast tandem perceived unpopular timeslot series earned relatively impressive nielsen ratings friday timeslot given episode order series popularity critical acclaim built course second seasons saw earning golden globe award best television series drama breaking record highest price paid network rights air runs episode fox sister network carter initial year signing fox ended success series allowed negotiate year contract additional including guarantee feature film adaptation produced parent company film studio carter television project march confirmed carter set executive produce write revival x-files set episode event series millennium carter began work new series millennium genesis new project stemmed irresistible second season episode x-files carter written focused sexually motivated serial killer series usual supernatural carter basis new protagonist travelled seattle inspiration new setting influence drawn works increasing popular interest ahead coming millennium central role black eventually filled series began airing friday timeslot occupied x-files pilot début episode heavily promoted fox brought quarter total audience broadcast series attracted high degree critical earning favorite new dramatic series year beginning second season carter handed control series previously worked millennium season seasons x-files despite promising start ratings millennium pilot remained consistently low cancelled seasons feature films production fourth season x-files work feature film adaptation series began titled files carter initially began treatment script christmas holidays hawaii series producer frank_spotnitz collaborated story outline time carter later return hawaii day stint begin finished script carter appointed frequent series director director film went feature series regular cast including duchovny anderson mitch_pileggi x-files premiered june eventually making worldwide gross film currently holds rating review website metacritic based weighted average reviews fellow review site rotten_tomatoes rates film based analysis reviews years success film years x-files final season finished carter write direct second feature film titled british_columbia want believe released july eventually grossing worldwide film received poorly critics holding ratings rotten_tomatoes metacritic respectively work carter brief cameo roles actor appearing fbi agent portraying member film audience later episode series carter brief appearance men smoking episode carter began adapting comic book series television titled carter friend frequent collaborator optioned comics adaptation series aired october comics writers given writing credits work filed suit fox credited work received disappointing viewing figures cancelled episodes broadcast years later carter launched spin x-files titled lone gunmen series centred minor characters series lone gunmen cancelled thirteen episodes later receiving coda form crossover episode x-files carter involved writing directing unreleased film set feature began working develop unique police thriller television series project eventually dropped completion carter began work television series pilot episode available viewing february series green lit following month finally cancelled january episode pilot shot accolades carter work earned accolades career including nominations primetime emmy awards carter received award nominations filmography film television
Chris Carter (screenwriter)