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AKA: Chris C Carter, Christopher Carl Carter
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/13/1956
Birthplace: Bellflower, California, United States

biography

Creator of one of the 1990s definitive pop-culture television phenomena, Chris Carter turned the phrase, “Trust no one” into the mantra of a generation of sci-fi fans. A former journalist, Carter aspired to scare television audiences with a brand of thriller that interwove the supernatural with fact-based science. With the cult hit, “The X-Files” (Fox, 1993-2002), Carter did just that; not only a success with sci-fi fans and conspiracy theorists, “The X-Files” put Carter’s name at the top of television’s creative list and earned him multiple Emmy nominations and three Golden Globe awards. One Continued

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milestones

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Worked as a freelance journalist while traveling extensively abroad
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Wrote for Surfing magazine
1985 
Received big break when Jeffrey Katzenberg, then chairman of Walt Disney Studio, read a screenplay he wrote and signed him to development with Walt Disney Pictures
1986 
TV writing debut, the ABC TV-movie "The B.R.A.T. Patrol"
1987 
TV producing debut (also wrote), the NBC adventure pilot "Cameo by Night"
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