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Chris Carter

クリス・カーター　/　くりす・かーたー

American screenwriter and producer

October 13, 1956 (age 69)　・　Bellflower, California, United States

From California
Screenwriter
Film producer
Film director

My Take

Chris Carter essentially built the template for the modern genre TV obsession. The X-Files married monster-of-the-week thrills with a sprawling government-conspiracy mythology, and that 'the truth is out there' paranoia defined 1990s television, you can draw a straight line from it to half the prestige sci-fi that followed. I have always admired the atmosphere he cultivated, that rain-soaked, dread-filled mood, and the chemistry between Mulder and Scully that he and his writers nurtured. The mythology sometimes collapsed under its own weight, and the later revival seasons were uneven, but as a world-builder and a creator of a true cultural institution, his place is secure.

Overview

Chris Carter (born 1956) is an American television writer, producer, and director born in Bellflower, California, and a graduate of California State University, Long Beach. He is best known as the creator of the landmark science fiction series The X-Files, which premiered in 1993 and became a cultural phenomenon. He also created related series such as Millennium and the spinoff The Lone Gunmen.

1. Profile

Name (English): Chris Carter
Name (Japanese): クリス・カーター
Reading: くりす・かーたー
Born: October 13, 1956 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Monkey
Origin: Bellflower, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: Screenwriter / Film producer / Film director / Author / Television producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Bellflower High School
University: California State University, Long Beach

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The X-Files	—	Unknown

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%20(%E8%84%9A%E6%9C%AC%E5%AE%B6)

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