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List of Writers and Directors

The production order is different from the airing order, which itself is sometimes different from the numbering order… It can give you headaches sometimes!

Seasons 1 – 5 : production in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Seasons 6 – 9 : production in Los Angeles, California, USA

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Name
Writer (story)
Director
1X79 Pilot Chris Carter Robert Mandel
1X01 Deep Throat Chris Carter Daniel Sackheim
1X02 Squeeze Glen Morgan & James Wong Harry Longstreet
1X03 Conduit Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa Daniel Sackheim
1X04 The Jersey Devil Chris Carter Joe Napolitano
1X05 Shadows Glen Morgan & James Wong Michael Katleman
1X06 Ghost in the Machine Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa Jerrold Freedman
1X07 Ice Glen Morgan & James Wong David Nutter
1X08 Space Chris Carter William A. Graham
1X09 Fallen Angel Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa Larry Shaw
1X10 Eve Kenneth Biller & Chris Brancato Fred Gerber
1X11 Fire Chris Carter Larry Shaw
1X12 Beyond the Sea Glen Morgan & James Wong David Nutter
1X13 GenderBender Larry & Paul Barber Rob Bowman
1X14 Lazarus Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa David Nutter
1X15 Young at Heart Chris Carter & Scott Kaufer Michael Lange
1X16 E.B.E. Glen Morgan & James Wong William A. Graham
1X17 Miracle Man Chris Carter & Howard Gordon Michael Lange
1X18 Shapes Marilyn Osborn David Nutter
1X19 Darkness Falls Chris Carter Joe Napolitano
1X20 Tooms Glen Morgan & James Wong David Nutter
1X21 Born Again Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa Jerrold Freedman
1X22 Roland Chris Ruppenthal David Nutter
1X23 The Erlenmeyer Flask Chris Carter R.W. Goodwin
2X01 Little Green Men Glen Morgan & James Wong David Nutter
2X02 The Host Chris Carter Daniel Sackheim
2X03 Blood Glen Morgan, James Wong & Darin Morgan David Nutter
2X04 Sleepless Howard Gordon Rob Bowman
2X05 Duane Barry Chris Carter Chris Carter
2X06 Ascension Paul Brown Michael Lange
2X07 3 Glen Morgan, James Wong & Chris Ruppenthal David Nutter
2X08 One Breath Glen Morgan & James Wong R.W. Goodwin
2X09 Firewalker Howard Gordon David Nutter
2X10 Red Museum Chris Carter Win Phelps
2X11 Excelsius Dei Paul Brown Stephen Surjik
2X12 Aubrey Sara B. Charno Rob Bowman
2X13 Irresistible Chris Carter David Nutter
2X14 Die Hand die Verletzt Glen Morgan & James Wong Kim Manners
2X15 Fresh Bones Howard Gordon Rob Bowman
2X16 Colony Chris Carter (Chris Carter & David Duchovny) Nick Marck
2X17 End Game Frank Spotnitz Rob Bowman
2X18 Fearful Symmetry Steve De Jarnatt James Whitmore Jr.
2X19 Dod Kalm Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa Rob Bowman
2X20 Humbug Darin Morgan Kim Manners
2X21 The Calusari Sara B. Charno Michael Vejar
2X22 F. Emasculata Chris Carter & Howard Gordon Rob Bowman
2X23 Soft Light Vince Gilligan James A. Contner
2X24 Our Town Frank Spotnitz Rob Bowman
2X25 Anasazi Chris Carter (Chris Carter & David Duchovny) R.W. Goodwin
3X01 The Blessing Way Chris Carter R.W. Goodwin
3X02 Paper Clip Chris Carter Rob Bowman
3X03 D.P.O. Howard Gordon Kim Manners
3X04 Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose Darin Morgan David Nutter
3X05 The List Chris Carter Chris Carter
3X06 2Shy Jeff Vlaming David Nutter
3X07 The Walk John Shiban Rob Bowman
3X08 Oubliette Charles Grant Craig Kim Manners
3X09 Nisei Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz & Howard Gordon David Nutter
3X10 731 Frank Spotnitz Rob Bowman
3X11 Revelations Kim Newton David Nutter
3X12 War of the Coprophages Darin Morgan Kim Manners
3X13 Syzygy Chris Carter Rob Bowman
3X14 Grotesque Howard Gordon Kim Manners
3X15 Piper Maru Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Rob Bowman
3X16 Apocrypha Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
3X17 Pusher Vince Gilligan Rob Bowman
3X18 Teso dos Bichos John Shiban Kim Manners
3X19 Hell Money Jeff Vlaming Tucker Gates
3X20 José Chung’s ‘From Outer Space’ Darin Morgan Rob Bowman
3X21 Avatar Howard Gordon (David Duchovny & Howard Gordon) Jim Charleston
3X22 Quagmire Kim Newton (& Darin Morgan (uncredited)) Kim Manners
3X23 Wetwired Mat Beck Rob Bowman
3X24 Talitha Cumi Chris Carter (Chris Carter & David Duchovny) R.W. Goodwin
4X01 Herrenvolk Chris Carter R.W. Goodwin
4X02 Home Glen Morgan & James Wong Kim Manners
4X03 Teliko Howard Gordon Jim Charleston
4X04 Unruhe Vince Gilligan Rob Bowman
4X05 The Field Where I Died Glen Morgan & James Wong Rob Bowman
4X06 Sanguinarium Vivian & Valerie Mayhew Kim Manners
4X07 Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man Glen Morgan & James Wong James Wong
4X08 Paper Hearts Vince Gilligan Rob Bowman
4X09 Tunguska Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
4X10 Terma Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Rob Bowman
4X11 El Mundo Gira John Shiban Tucker Gates
4X12 Kaddish Howard Gordon Kim Manners
4X13 Never Again Glen Morgan & James Wong Rob Bowman
4X14 Leonard Betts Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Kim Manners
4X15 Memento Mori Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan & John Shiban Rob Bowman
4X16 Unrequited Chris Carter & Howard Gordon Michael Lange
4X17 Tempus Fugit Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Rob Bowman
4X18 Max Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
4X19 Synchrony Howard Gordon & David Greenwalt Jim Charleston
4X20 Small Potatoes Vince Gilligan Cliff Bole
4X21 Zero Sum Frank Spotnitz & Howard Gordon Kim Manners
4X22 Elegy John Shiban Jim Charleston
4X23 Demons R.W. Goodwin Kim Manners
4X24 Gethsemane Chris Carter R.W. Goodwin
5X01 Unusual Suspects Vince Gilligan Kim Manners
5X02 Redux Chris Carter R.W. Goodwin
5X03 Redux II Chris Carter Kim Manners
5X04 Detour Frank Spotnitz Brett Dowler
5X05 Christmas Carol Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Peter Markle
5X06 The Post-Modern Prometheus Chris Carter Chris Carter
5X07 Emily Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Kim Manners
5X08 Kitsunegari Vince Gilligan & Tim Minear Daniel Sackheim
5X09 Schizogeny Mike Wollaeger & Jessica Scott Ralph Hemecker
5X10 Chinga Chris Carter & Stephen King Kim Manners
5X11 Kill Switch Tom Maddox & William Gibson Rob Bowman
5X12 Bad Blood Vince Gilligan Cliff Bole
5X13 Patient X Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
5X14 The Red and the Black Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Chris Carter
5X15 Travelers Frank Spotnitz & John Shiban William A. Graham
5X16 Mind’s Eye Tim Minear Kim Manners
5X17 All Souls Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban, Dan Angel & Billy Brown Allen Coulter
5X18 The Pine Bluff Variant John Shiban Rob Bowman
5X19 Folie à Deux Vince Gilligan Kim Manners
5X20 The End Chris Carter R.W. Goodwin
Fight the Future Chris Carter (Chris Carter & Frank Spontitz) Rob Bowman
6X01 The Beginning Chris Carter Kim Manners
6X02 Drive Vince Gilligan Rob Bowman
6X03 Triangle Chris Carter Chris Carter
6X04 Dreamland Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Kim Manners
6X05 Dreamland II Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Michael W. Watkins
6X06 Terms of Endearment David Amann Rob Bowman
6X07 The Rain King Jeffrey Bell Kim Manners
6X08 How the Ghosts Stole Christmas Chris Carter Chris Carter
6X09 Tithonus Vince Gilligan Michael W. Watkins
6X10 S.R. 819 John Shiban Daniel Sackheim
6X11 Two Fathers Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
6X12 One Son Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Rob Bowman
6X13 Arcadia Daniel Arkin Kim Manners
6X14 Agua Mala David Amann Rob Bowman
6X15 Monday Vince Gilligan & John Shiban Michael W. Watkins
6X16 Alpha Jeffrey Bell Peter Markle
6X17 Trevor Jim Guttridge & Kenneth H. Hawryliw Rob Bowman
6X18 Milagro Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz & John Shiban Kim Manners
6X19 Three of a Kind Vince Gilligan & John Shiban Bryan Spicer
6X20 The Unnatural David Duchovny David Duchovny
6X21 Field Trip Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Kim Manners
6X22 Biogenesis Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Rob Bowman
7X01 Hungry Vince Gilligan Kim Manners
7X02 The Goldberg Variation Jeffrey Bell Thomas J. Wright
7X03 The Sixth Extinction Chris Carter Kim Manners
7X04 The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati Chris Carter (Chris Carter & David Duchovny) Michael W. Watkins
7X05 Millennium Frank Spotnitz & Vince Gilligan Thomas J. Wright
7X06 Rush David Amann Robert Lieberman
7X07 Orison Chip Johannessen Rob Bowman
7X08 The Amazing Maleeni Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Thomas J. Wright
7X09 Signs & Wonders Jeffrey Bell Kim Manners
7X10 Sein und Zeit Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Michael W. Watkins
7X11 Closure Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
7X12 X-Cops Vince Gilligan Michael W. Watkins
7X13 First Person Shooter Tom Maddox & William Gibson Chris Carter
7X14 Theef Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Kim Manners
7X15 En Ami William B. Davis Rob Bowman
7X16 Chimera David Amann Cliff Bole
7X17 all things Gillian Anderson Gillian Anderson
7X18 Brand X Steven Maeda & Greg Walker Kim Manners
7X19 Hollywood A.D. David Duchovny David Duchovny
7X20 Fight Club Chris Carter Paul Shapiro
7X21 Je Souhaite Vince Gilligan Vince Gilligan
7X22 Requiem Chris Carter Kim Manners
8X01 Within Chris Carter Kim Manners
8X02 Without Chris Carter Kim Manners
8X03 Redrum Steven Maeda & Daniel Arkin Peter Markle
8X04 Patience Chris Carter Chris Carter
8X05 Roadrunners Vince Gilligan Scott Shaw
8X06 Invocation David Amann Rod Hardy
8X07 Via Negativa Frank Spotnitz Tony Wharmby
8X08 Per Manum Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
8X09 SureKill Greg Walker Terrence O’Hara
8X10 Salvage Jeffrey Bell Rod Hardy
8X11 The Gift Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
8X12 Badlaa John Shiban Tony Wharmby
8X13 Medusa Frank Spotnitz Richard Compton
8X14 This Is Not Happening Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
8X15 DeadAlive Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Tony Wharmby
8X16 Vienen Steven Maeda Rod Hardy
8X17 Empedocles Greg Walker Barry K. Thomas
8X18 Three Words Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Tony Wharmby
8X19 Alone Frank Spotnitz Frank Spotnitz
8X20 Essence Chris Carter Kim Manners
8X21 Existence Chris Carter Kim Manners
9X01 Nothing Important Happened Today Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
9X02 Nothing Important Happened Today II Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Tony Wharmby
9X03 Daemonicus Frank Spotnitz Frank Spotnitz
9X04 Hellbound David Amann Kim Manners
9X05 4-D Steven Maeda Tony Wharmby
9X06 Lord of the Flies Thomas Schnauz Kim Manners
9X07 John Doe Vince Gilligan Michelle MacLaren
9X08 Trust No 1 Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Tony Wharmby
9X09 Underneath John Shiban John Shiban
9X10 Provenance Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Kim Manners
9X11 Providence Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Chris Carter
9X12 Scary Monsters Thomas Schnauz Dwight H. Little
9X13 Audrey Pauley Steven Maeda Kim Manners
9X14 Improbable Chris Carter Chris Carter
9X15 Jump the Shark Frank Spotnitz, John Shiban & Vince Gilligan Cliff Bole
9X16 Release David Amann & John Shiban Kim Manners
9X17 William Chris Carter (David Duchovny, Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz) David Duchovny
9X18 Sunshine Days Vince Gilligan Vince Gilligan
9X19/20 The Truth Chris Carter Kim Manners
I Want To Believe Chris Carter (Chris Carter & Frank Spontitz) Chris Carter
10X1 My Struggle Chris Carter Chris Carter
10X2 Home Again Glen Morgan Glen Morgan
10X3 Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster Darin Morgan Darin Morgan
10X4 Babylon Chris Carter Chris Carter
10X5 Founder’s Mutation James Wong James Wong
10X6 My Struggle II Chris Carter (Chris Carter, Anne Simon, Margaret Fearon) Chris Carter

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