22 About Chris Carter (X-Files)
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This article is from the uk.media.tv.sf.x-files FAQ, by Paul Tang paul@asfafa.demon.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.
22 About Chris Carter (X-Files)
From the Fox press packet for "The X-Files"
Chris Carter began his career as a screenwriter in 1985 after Jeffrey
Katzenberg, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, read a screenplay of
his and signed him to a development contract with Walt Disney Pictures.
Previously, Carter had been working as a freelance journalist, writing
and travelling extensively abroad.
At Disney, Carter wrote and produced several television movies in
addition to the television pilot "Cameo By Night" and "The Nanny," a
sitcom. He took a short leave of absence from Disney to co-produce the
second season of the comedy series "Rags to Richies," starring Joe
Bologna, and returned in 1989 to create and executive produce "Brand New
Life," a recurring comedy series, which ran as part of a rotating
schedule on Disney's Sunday night lineup.
In 1992, Carter began creating and developing television projects,
including THE X-FILES, for Twentieth Television.
Carter's favorite X Files episodes so far are: Beyond the Sea,
Colony/End Game, Duane Barry, Sleepless, and Fresh Bones. (AOL X Files
conference March 94). He appeared as an FBI agent questioning Scully
[Anasazi] and has done the voiceovers at the beginnings of multipart
episodes [The Blessing Way / Paper Clip].
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