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
| # |
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 |