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Frank Spotnitz is serving his fourth season as Executive Producer of "X Files, The" (1993). Spotnitz, who also serves as president of Chris Carter's Ten Thirteen Productions, joined series in 1994. In addition to writing stand-alone episodes, he quickly became involved in developing the series' 'mythology' episodes dealing with government conspiracies and aliens. Over the past seven years, Spotnitz has written or co-written over 40 episodes of the series, including the Emmy-nominated "Memento Mori" (4.14, 1997) (co-written by Carter, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban). In May 2001, he made his directorial debut with the episode, "Alone" (8.19). Other awards accorded Spotnitz for his work on the series include three Golden Globe wins for Best Dramatic Series, a Peabody Award, and four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series.

Spotnitz was named co-executive producer of the series in its fifth season, and subsequently executive producer. In 1999, he entered into a development deal with Twentieth Television and was named president of Ten Thirteen Productions, where he develops feature and television projects with Chris Carter. Spotnitz also served as co-producer and co-author of the story for the feature film, X Files, The (1998). His other credits include co-executive producer of "Millennium" (1996) and executive producer of the Ten Thirteen series "Harsh Realm" (1999) and "Lone Gunmen, The" (2001).

Spotnitz began his professional life as a newspaper and magazine writer, working for United Press International, the Associated Press and Entertainment Weekly, among others. Born in Japan, he received a B.A. in English literature from UCLA and an M.F.A. in screenwriting from the American Film Institute.

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Frank Spotnitz served on "The X-Files" for eight of its nine seasons, including four years as Executive Producer and three years as President of Chris Carter's Ten Thirteen Productions. More recently, Spotnitz developed a "reimagining" of the classic "Night Stalker" TV movies. The series had a short run on ABC in 2005. Joining "The X-Files" as a writer in 1994, Spotnitz quickly became involved not only in developing the series' stand-alone episodes, but its elaborate 'mythology' storyline dealing with government conspiracies and aliens. Spotnitz went on to direct two episodes and write or co-write more than 40, including the Emmy-nominated "Memento Mori" (with Carter, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban) in 1997. Spotnitz served as co-producer and co-author of the story for the feature film, "The X-Files: Fight the Future" (1998). His other credits include Co-Executive Producer of "Millennium" (1997-1999), and Executive Producer of "Harsh Realm" (1999) and "The Lone Gunmen" (2001). In 2002, he served alongside director Michael Mann as Executive Producer of the CBS series, "Robbery Homicide Division". Born in Japan, Spotnitz was educated at UCLA and the American Film Institute. Before coming to Hollywood, he worked as a newspaper and magazine writer for United Press International, the Associated Press and Entertainment Weekly, among others.

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(on the end of the TV series The X-Files) "You can't get the truth. You can't. There's a larger truth, though: that you can't harness the forces of the cosmos, but you may find somebody else. You may find another human being. That may be kind of corny and all of that, but that's really it: Love is the only truth we can hope to know, as human beings. That's what Mulder and Scully found after nine years. And that's a lot."

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