We close the year with, unfortunately, another death in The X-Files family! Graeme Murray passed away earlier this year in April, in his native Vancouver. Together with John Bartley, who also passed away in 2025, he was one of the most important members of the crew that defined the visual style and quality of the show.

He is credited as art director for the first 3 seasons (starting from 1X06: Ghost in the Machine) and as production designer for seasons 4 and 5, plus as production designer for the pilot of Harsh Realm. One of his first credits was actually on John Carpenter’s The Thing, and interestingly his second episode was Ice — here’s an interview of the time with Glen Morgan being impressed with his sets!

His work along with colleagues Shirley Inget, Gary Allen and Greg Loewen got them a nomination for an Emmy in Outstanding Art Direction for a Series in 1996 (for 3X20: Jose Chung’s “From Outer Space”); they would win the award in both 1997 (for 4X15: Memento Mori) and 1998 (for 5X06: The Post-Modern Prometheus).

Here are photos from the Vancouver Sun articles on those wins, taken from a 2024 exhibit in Graeme’s honor around the set of 3X19: Hell Money.

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