Chris Carter

Writing

Chris Carter

Born

1956-10-13 (70)

Place of birth

Bellflower, California, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

26 titles

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 X-Files. 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 …

Known for

The X-Files poster
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The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

The X-Files

1993

The X-Files poster
6.9

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

The X-Files

1998

The X-Files: I Want to Believe poster
5.9

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

2008

The Real History of Science Fiction poster
6.8

The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction, told through its impact on cinema, television and literature, with the help of filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists. Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens.

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014

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When Mulder and Scully took on their first paranormal investigation in 1993, few could have imagined their legacy 25 years later - as genre icons, with 217 episodes and 2 feature films behind them. The cast and crew look back on the series, its impact on their lives, and highlights of this unique outlier within the television landscape.

Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files

2018

Inside The X-Files poster
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Inside the X-Files for a behind-the-scenes look at the show. Also included are interviews with the cast and creator Chris Carter, never before seen segments from the show, outtakes and a sneak preview of the upcoming feature film.

Inside The X-Files

1998

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

1990s · 4 titles

Series credits

The X-Files poster
8.4

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

The X-Files

1993

The X-Files poster
8.4

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

The X-Files

1993

The Real History of Science Fiction poster
6.8

The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction, told through its impact on cinema, television and literature, with the help of filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists. Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens.

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014

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7.7

The 100 Greatest Scary Moments is a British two-part documentary mini-series which aired on Channel 4 on 25 October and 26 October 2003. Celebrity guest interviews include Sigourney Weaver, John Carpenter, Janet Leigh, Wes Craven, Alice Cooper, Robert Englund, Christopher Lee and Steven Spielberg.

100 Greatest Scary Moments

2003

Behind the camera

The X-Files poster
6.9

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

The X-Files

1998

The X-Files poster
6.9

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

The X-Files

1998

The X-Files: I Want to Believe poster
5.9

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

2008

The X-Files: I Want to Believe poster
5.9

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

2008

The X-Files: I Want to Believe poster
5.9

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

2008

Alien Contact poster
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Emmy award-winning filmmaker and marine biologist Rick Rosenthal teams up with science fiction writer Chris Carter on an investigative journey to explore evidence of intelligent life, not in space, but in the sea – specifically, manta rays. Might these alien-looking animals be trying to make contact with us? There are intriguing clues.

Alien Contact

2024

The B.R.A.T. Patrol poster
5.8

A group of military brats uncovers a plot to steal base equipment.

The B.R.A.T. Patrol

1986

The After poster
6.8

Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.

The After

2014

The After poster
6.8

Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.

The After

2014

Queens for a Day poster
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A controversial talk show host wakes up and finds herself back in the 1950s forced to live not her own life, but that of her mother’s. What might be an amusing trip down Memory Lane, turns into a dark and horrifying nightmare. And to make matters worse, she ends up having to raise herself as a child.

Queens for a Day

2026

More Secrets of the X-Files poster
NR

The first three seasons of the hit television show The X-Files (1993) are briefly re-capped in this TV special.

More Secrets of the X-Files

1996

Cameo by Night poster
9.0

Failed TV pilot about Jennifer, a police secretary who goes undercover as rock fan Cameo to search the music scene for a serial killer who preys upon teens at music venues. Her handler is police detective Bellflower.

Cameo by Night

1987

Meet the Munceys poster
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A maid is left a huge inheritance. She moves in her low-class family, upsetting the relatives of the deceased. They plot to get rid of the entire clan of the Munceys.

Meet the Munceys

1988

Smiley Death Face poster
4.0

A young girl stumbles into a text message conversation with an anonymous person that communicates entirely in Emojis.

Smiley Death Face

2020