Frank Spotnitz

Frank Charles Spotnitz (born November 11, 1960) is an American television writer and executive producer, known for his work on and The Lone Gunmen.
Spotnitz joined The X-Files writing team in 1994, and quickly became involved not only in developing the series’ stand-alone episodes, but its elaborate “mythology” storyline dealing with government conspiracy and . 
He directed two episodes and wrote or co-wrote more than 40 installments, including the Emmy-nominated (with , , and ) in 1997. Other honors accorded Spotnitz for his work on the series include Golden Globe wins for Best Dramatic Series, a Peabody Award, and three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series.
Spotnitz worked on The X-Files for eight of its nine seasons, including four years as executive producer and three as president of Carter's Ten Thirteen Productions.
Spotnitz also worked on , with Chris Carter. The second 'X-Files' film was in the vein of the standalone "Monster of the Week" episodes of the series, unlike the previous film which was a "mytharc" story.
Spotnitz also wrote a story for the first comic Annual that was created by IDW Publishing. 
==Credits==
===The X-Files===
Episode 	Episode 	Credit
Season 2 	Season 2 	Season 2
*"End Game" 	
*"Our Town" 	Writer
Season 3 	Season 3 	Season 3
*"Nisei"(writer w/ Chris Carter and Howard Gordon)
*"731"	
*"Piper Maru"
*"Apocrypha" 	Writer/Story Editor
*"The Blessing Way"
*"Paper Clip"
*"D.P.O."
*"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"
*"The List"
*"2Shy"
*"The Walk"
*"Oubliette"
*"Revelations"
*""	
*"Syzygy"
*"Grotesque"
*"Pusher"
*"Teso Dos Bichos"
*"Hell Money"
*"José Chung's From Outer Space"
*"Avatar"
*"Quagmire"
*"Wetwired"
*"Talitha Cumi"	Story Editor
Season 4 	Season 4 	Season 4
*"Tunguska"
*"Terma"
*"Leonard Betts"
*"Memento Mori"	
*"Tempus Fugit"
*"Max"
*"Zero Sum"	Writer/Co-Producer
*"Herrenvolk"
*"Home"
*"Teliko"
*"Unruhe"
*"The Field Where I Died"
*"Sanguinarium"
*""
*"Paper Hearts"
*"El Mundo Gira"	
*"Never Again"
*"Kaddish"
*"Unrequited"
*"Synchrony"
*"Small Potatoes"
*"Elegy"
*"Demons"
*"Gethsemane"	Co-Producer
Season 5 	Season 5 	Season 5
*"Detour"
*"Christmas Carol"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)
*"Emily"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)
*"Patient X"(writer w/ Chris Carter)	
*"The Red and the Black"(writer w/ Chris Carter)
*"Travelers"(writer w/ John Shiban)
*"All Souls"(Teleplay with John Shiban	Writer/Co-Executive Producer
*"Redux"
*"Redux II"
*"Unusual Suspects"
*"The Post-Modern Prometheus"
*"Kitsunegari"
*"Schizogeny"
*"Chinga"	
*"Kill Switch"
*"Bad Blood"
*"Mind's Eye"
*"The Pine Bluff Variant"
*"Folie à Deux"
*"The End"	Co-Executive Producer
The X-Files: Fight the Future 	The X-Files: Fight the Future 	Writer
Season 6 	Season 6 	Season 6
*"Dreamland"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)
*"Dreamland II"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)
*"Two Fathers"(writer w/ Chris Carter)
*"One Son"(writer w/ Chris Carter)	
*"Milagro"(Story with John Shiban)
*"Field Trip"(Story)
*"Biogenesis"(writer w/ Chris Carter)	Writer/Executive Producer
*"The Beginning"
*"Drive"
*"Triangle"
*""
*"Terms of Endearment"
*"The Rain King"
*"S.R. 819"
*"Tithonus"	
*"Agua Mala"
*"Monday"
*"Arcadia"
*"Alpha"
*"Trevor"
*"The Unnatural"
*"Three of a Kind"	Executive Producer
Season 7 	Season 7 	Season 7
*"Millennium"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan)
*"The Amazing Maleeni"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)
*"Sein Und Zeit"(writer w/ Chris Carter)	
*"Closure"(writer w/ Chris Carter)
*"Theef"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)	Writer/Executive Producer
*"The Sixth Extinction"
*"The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati
*"Hungry"
*"Rush"
*"The Goldberg Variation"
*"Orison"
*"Signs and Wonders"
*"X-Cops"	
*"First Person Shooter"
*"En Ami"
*"all things"
*"Brand X"
*"Hollywood A.D."
*"Fight Club"
*"Je Souhaite"
*"Requiem"	Executive Producer
Season 8 	Season 8 	Season 8
*"Alone" 	
*"Alone" 	Director/Writer/Executive Producer
*"Via Negativa"
*"The Gift"
*"Medusa"
*"Per Manum"(writer w/ Chris Carter)	
*"This is Not Happening"(writer w/ Chris Carter)
*"DeadAlive"(writer w/ Chris Carter)
*"Three Words"(writer w/ Chris Carter)	Writer/Executive Producer
*"Within"
*"Without"
*"Patience"
*"Roadrunners"
*"Invocation"
*"Redrum"
*"Surekill"	
*"Salvage"
*"Badlaa"
*"Empedocles"
*"Vienen"
*"Essence"
*"Existence"	Executive Producer
Season 9 	Season 9 	Season 9
*"Dæmonicus" 	
*"Dæmonicus" 	Director/Writer/Executive Producer
*"Nothing Important Happened Today"
*"Nothing Important Happened Today II"
*"Trust No 1"
*"Provenance"	
*"Providence"
*"Jump the Shark"
*"William	Writer/Executive Producer
*"4-D"
*"Lord of the Flies"
*"John Doe"
*"Hellbound"
*"Audrey Pauley
*"Underneath"	
*"Improbable"
*"Scary Monsters"
*"Release"
*"Sunshine Days"
*"The Truth"	Executive Producer
The X-Files: I Want to Believe	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Writer
===Millennium===
Episode 	Episode 	Credit
Season 1	Season 1	Season 1
*"Weeds"	
*"Sacrament"	Writer/Co-Producer
*"Pilot"
*"Gehenna"
*"Dead Letters"
*"The Judge"
*"522666"
*"Kingdom Come"
*"Blood Relatives"
*"The Well-Worn Lock"
*"Wide Open"
*"The Wild and the Innocent"	
*"Loin Like a Hunting Flame"
*"Force Majeure"
*"The Thin White Line"
*"Covenant"
*"Walkabout"
*"Lamentation"
*"Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions"
*"Broken World"
*"Maranatha"
*"Paper Dove"	Co-Producer
Season 3	Season 3	Season 3
*"TEOTWAWKI"(writer w/ Chris Carter)
*"Antipas"(writer w/ Chris Carter)	
*"Seven and One"(writer w/ Chris Carter)	Writer/Co-Executive Producer
*"The Innocents"
*"Exegesis"
*"Closure"
*"...Thirteen Years Later"
*"Skull and Bones"
*"Through a Glass Darkly"
*"Human Essence"
*"Omerta"
*"Borrowed Time"
*"Collateral Damage"	
*"The Sound of Snow"
*"Matryoshka"
*"Forcing the End"
*"Saturn Dreaming of Mercury"
*"Darwin's Eye"
*"Bardo Thodol"
*"Nostalgia"
*"Via Dolorosa"
*"Goodbye to All That"	Co-Executive Producer
===The Lone Gunmen===
Episode 	Episode 	Credit
Season 1	Season 1	Season 1
*"Pilot"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan, John Shiban and Chris Carter)
*"Bond, Jimmy Bond"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)
*"Maximum Byers"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan)	
*"The Cap'n Toby Show"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)
*"All About Yves"(writer w/ Vince Gilligan and John Shiban)	Writer/Executive Producer
*"Eine Kleine Frohike"
*"Like Water for Octane"
*"Three Men and a Smoking Diaper"
*"Madam, I'm Adam"	
*"Planet of the Frohikes"
*"Diagnosis: Jimmy"
*"Tango de los Pistoleros"
*"The Lying Game"	Executive Producer
==External links==
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*Frank Spotnitz Official website
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