Born and raised in Bellflower, California, Chris Carter graduated from the California State University at Long Beach with a degree in journalism. Formerly a freelance journalist and editor of "Surfing" magazine, Carter began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 at The Walt Disney Studios. In 1992 Carter began developing projects for Twentieth Century Fox Television.
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.
Release Date1993-09-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Cinema Audience (uncredited)
Episode Count75
Vote Count3264
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.
Release Date2014-04-19
Charactersd Himself
Episode Count1
Vote Count19
Six years after the events of The X-Files series finale, former FBI agent Doctor Dana Scully is now a staff physician at Our Lady of Sorrows, a Catholic hospital, and treating a boy named Christian who has Sandhoff disease, a terminal brain condition. FBI agent Drummy arrives to ask Scully’s help in locating Fox Mulder, the fugitive former head of the X-Files division, and says they will call off its manhunt for him if he will help investigate the disappearances of several women, including young FBI agent Monica Banan. 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.
Release Date2008-07-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Man Sitting in Hospital Hallway (uncredited)
Vote Count1541
In 1996 Chris Carter followed up THE X-FILES with the darker, arguably more sophisticated series MILLENNIUM, a gothic horror show that pit actor Lance Henriksen against a thousand points of darkness. The series ended abruptly in 1999, but the darkness remains. Fans yearning for Frank Black’s heroic return can revisit past nightmares and see glimpses of a hopeful future in the new feature-length documentary, MILLENNIUM AFTER THE MILLENNIUM.
Release Date2019-03-22
Charactersd Himself
Vote Count5
Behind the scenes with the cast and crew of The Lone Gunmen.
Release Date2005-01-01
Charactersd Himself
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.
Release Date1998-02-01
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Charactersd Self
Vote Count21
Release Date1998-02-01
Charactersd Self
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
Release Date1996-10-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count7
Vote Count256
Rags to Riches is an American musical comedy drama series that was broadcast on NBC for two seasons from 1987 to 1988. Set in the 1960s, the series tells the story of Nick Foley, a self-made millionaire who adopts five orphan girls. Each episode included music videos of hit songs from the era sung by the cast integrated into the plot.
Release Date1987-03-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count21
An ex-cop hosts a late-night talk radio program while getting involved with his listeners' problems in his off-time.
Release Date1988-10-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count22
After years of playing second fiddle to Agents Mulder and Scully on The X-Files, the trio of computer-hacking conspiracy geeks popularly known as The Lone Gunmen are finally heading out on their own. Never ones to stray far from the center of corporate and government intrigue, the threesome play like a misguided Mission Impossible team, embarking on a series of comic adventures that simultaneously highlight their genius and ineptitude.
Release Date2001-03-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count86
Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.
Release Date2014-02-06
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count51
Harsh Realm is a science fiction television series about humans trapped inside a virtual reality simulation.
Release Date1999-10-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count11
Brand New Life is an American comedy-drama series starring Barbara Eden and produced by Walt Disney Television that aired for five 60-minute episodes on NBC as part of The Magical World of Disney during the 1989–90 television season.
Release Date1989-10-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
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.
Release Date1998-06-19
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count1668
Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.
Release Date2014-02-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count32
A group of military brats uncovers a plot to steal base equipment.
Release Date1986-10-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count12
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.
Release Date1987-07-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
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.
Release Date1988-05-22
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
A young girl stumbles into a text message conversation with an anonymous person that communicates entirely in Emojis.
Release Date2020-08-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
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.
Release Date2024-02-14
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
