Frank SpotnitzFilmography

Occupation:
Screenwriter
  • The X-Files: I Want to Believe

    Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Xzibit

    Synopsis: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully with this long-delayed big-screen continuation that revives the series six years after it headed off the air in 2002. Creator Chris Carter returns to direct, co-writing the script with series veteran Frank Spotnitz Read More

    7/25/08
  • Night Stalker [TV Series]

    Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

    Actors: Stuart Townsend, Gabrielle Union, Eric Jungmann, Cotter Smith, Sarah LaFleur

    Synopsis: The ABC sci-fi/horror/thriller series Night Stalker was not so much a remake of the cult 1974 series Kolchak: The Night Stalker as it was a "reimagining" of the earlier show -- at least according to the series' producer, X-Files alumnus Frank Spotnitz. Stuart Townsend stepped into the old Darren McGavin Read More

    2005
  • The X-Files: Providence

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story launched by the previous week's "Provenance," Scully's baby has been kidnapped by the alien cult responsible for driving her former partner Mulder into hiding. Wondering if reports that Mulder is dead are true, Scully (Gillian Anderson) teams with the Lone Read More

    2002
  • The X-Files: Provenance

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In part one of a two-part story, border patrol guards in Northern Idaho find the remnants of a spaceship similar to the one confronted by Scully (Gillian Anderson) and the missing Mulder in Africa. Investigating, agents Reyes (Annabeth Gish) and Doggett (Robert Patrick) are frustrated by the Read More

    2002
  • The X-Files: Trust No 1

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Realizing that her baby has telekinetic powers, Scully (Gillian Anderson) is approached by a married couple whose baby apparently has the same "gift." The husband turns out to have information relating to the "super soldiers" who have driven Scully's former partner, Mulder, into hiding. Against Read More

    2002
  • The X-Files: Jump the Shark

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: While pursuing his theory that shark cartilage can be used as a cure for cancer, immunologist Prof. Houghton (Timothy Landfield) is the victim of a savage attack. Former Area 51 operative Morris Fletcher (Michael McKean) is convinced that the Lone Gunmen (Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Bruce Read More

    2002
  • Robbery Homicide Division [TV Series]

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Actors: Tom Sizemore, Barry "Shabaka" Henley, Klea Scott, David Cubitt, Michael Shamus Wiles

    Synopsis: Michael Mann of Miami Vice fame was the principle guiding force behind the CBS cop drama Robbery Homicide Division. In a major casting coup, Mann managed to sign the extremely "hot" film star Tom Sizemore for the lead role of Sam Cole, a hard-nosed LAPD robbery-homicide investigator. As head of a Read More

    2002
  • The X-Files: William

    Crew: Screen Story

    Synopsis: William, the infant son of Agent Scully (Gillian Anderson), is attacked by a strange man who injects the baby with a syringe. Rushing William to the hospital, Scully is assured that the child is unharmed -- and yet, there is considerably more iron in William's system than usual. Could all this Read More

    2002
  • The X-Files: Per Manum

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Having previously contacted the missing Mulder with claims that his wife had been abducted by aliens on a number of occasions, Duffy Haskell (Jay Acovone) now insists that his wife was murdered after giving birth to an alien baby, and that the infant was kidnapped. As Doggett (Robert PatrickRead More

    2001
  • The X-Files: The Gift

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: While going through Mulder's old files, Agent Doggett (Robert Patrick) discovers that his predecessor was pursuing a case without informing Scully of the actual particulars. Hoping that this case will lead him to the missing Mulder, Doggett resumes the investigation. He ends up in Squamash, PA Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: This Is Not Happening

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: "Tonight the search for Mulder ends." Thus read the "teaser" for this X-Files episode, the first chapter in a two-part story. Stepping up his efforts to find the missing Mulder, Doggett (Robert Patrick) enlists the services of Special Agent Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish, in the first of several Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: Alone

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Synopsis: "Half man, half reptile, pure terror." This was how the print ads described the main "villain" in this action-packed, and slightly self-mocking, X-Files episode. With Scully (Gillian Anderson) on maternity leave, Doggett (Robert Patrick) is temporarily partnered with novice agent Leyla Harrison Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: DeadAlive

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, it appears that the long-missing Mulder (David Duchovny) has died. Mulder's successor, Doggett (Robert Patrick), is offered a promotion out of the X-Files by the sneaky Deputy Director Kersh (James Pickens Jr.), who clearly wants all discussion of aliens and Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: Medusa

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: A deadly pre-evolutionary contagion, which feeds on human body tissues, threatens the lives of commuters in the Boston subway system. Unfortunately, the local police officials insist that Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Doggett (Robert Patrick) keep mum about this threat, ostensibly to avoid Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: Nothing Important Happened Today II

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In the conclusion of the two-part X-Files story beginning with "Nothing Important Happened Today," the strange woman (Lucy Lawless) who caused the EPA official's death, which Doggett (Robert Patrick) is investigating, turns out to be Shannon McMahon, who claims to be one of the "super soldiers" Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: Dæmonicus

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Scully is assigned to teach a forensics class at the FBI's Quantico Training Academy. As eager young students virtually beat down the doors to attend the popular Scully's lectures, her former X-Files colleagues, Doggett (Robert Patrick) and Reyes (Annabeth Gish), head to West Virginia to Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: Nothing Important Happened Today

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: The ninth and final season of X-Files opened with part one of the two-part thriller "Nothing Important Happened Today." The title was lifted from the diary entry made by England's King George III on July 4, 1776 -- and in both cases, the statement is misinformed, to say the least. Picking up where Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: Three Words

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Having returned and (apparently) recovered from his previous ordeals, Mulder (David Duchovny) wants to return to the X-Files -- only to find that Deputy Director Kersh (James Pickens Jr.) wants Mulder out of the FBI altogether. Thus it is that Mulder unofficially attempts to solve the case of Read More

    2001
  • The X-Files: Closure

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: First telecast February 13, 2000, "Closure" is the conclusion of a two-part X-Files story that began with the previous week's "Sein und Zeit." Investigating the disappearance of little Amber Lynn LaPierre (Megan Corletto), Mulder and Scully capture a serial killer who admits to having murdered 24 Read More

    2000
  • The X-Files: Sein und Zeit

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Part one of a two-part X-Files story, "Sein und Zeit" begins with the disappearance of little Amber Lynn LaPierre (Megan Corletto), who was apparently abducted while sleeping in her own bed. The girl's father (Mark Rolston) suffered visions of the child's demise, while the mother (Shareen J. Mitchell Read More

    2000
  • The X-Files: The Amazing Maleeni

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Real-life magician Ricky Jay plays the title role in the X-Files episode "The Amazing Maleeni." Responding to a heckler in the audience, Maleeni performs the infamous "Egyptian Dedi," in which his head appears to turn a full 360 degrees. A scant few minutes after the performance, the magician's Read More

    2000
  • The X-Files: Via Negativa

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: With Scully in the hospital undergoing tests related to her mysterious pregnancy, her partner, Doggett (Robert Patrick), joins forces with Assistant Director Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) to thwart the evil plans of Manson-like cult leader Anthony Tipet (Keith Szarabajka). They'd better get a move on Read More

    2000
  • The X-Files: Theef

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Investigating the murder of the father-in-law of a prominent surgeon, Mulder and Scully have only one clue to go on: the word "Theef," hastily scrawled in blood at the scene of the crime. At first, the two agents assume that the killer had misspelled the word "thief." But all bets are off when an Read More

    2000
  • The X-Files: Field Trip

    Crew: Screen Story

    Synopsis: After a series of unusual occurrences during a hiking trip in North Carolina, a husband and wife retire to bed. Three days later, their skeletons, locked in a final embrace, are found in a field located in an area infamous for its "atmospheric phenomena." While attempting to solve the mystery Read More

    1999
  • The X-Files: Biogenesis

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: The sixth season of The X-Files ended on May 16, 1999, with the obligatory cliffhanger, this one titled "Biogenesis." A strange metallic object with equally strange symbols is found in Africa. Mulder is convinced that this artifact will prove beyond doubt that life as we know it originated Read More

    1999
  • The X-Files: Millenium

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: With Y2K rapidly approaching, Mulder and Scully pay particular attention to an apocalyptic cult called the Millennium Group. Their investigation begins with an apparent grave robbery -- which takes a peculiar turn when the evidence proves that the missing corpse broke out of the casket. The Read More

    1999
  • The X-Files: Milagro

    Crew: Screen Story

    Synopsis: Despite the total absence of clues, Mulder suspects that Phillip Padgett (John Hawkes) is responsible for a series of murders in which the victim's hearts were neatly and bloodlessly removed from their bodies. It so happens that Padgett is also Mulder's new next-door neighbor, and he soon becomes Read More

    1999
  • 1999
  • The X-Files: Two Fathers

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Veronica Cartwright returns as enigmatic alien abductee Cassandra Spender in the February 7, 1999, X-Files episode "Two Fathers." A suspicious fire has killed all the witnesses to Cassandra's prior "visit" to an extraterrestrial spacecraft. The woman's son, FBI agent Spender (Chris Owens), turns Read More

    1999
  • The X-Files: One Son

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Originally telecast February 14, 1999, "One Son" was the conclusion of a two-part X-Files drama that began with the previous week's "Two Fathers." In this pivotal episode, Mulder finally learns the truth about the government conspiracy responsible for the disappearance of his sister. Players Read More

    1999
  • The X-Files

    Crew: Co-producer, Screen Story

    Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Blythe Danner

    Synopsis: This 60-million-dollar science fiction suspense drama (marketed with an additional 25 million dollars), was adapted from the popular TV series The X-Files -- arriving in theaters while the Emmy-winning series was still being aired, continuing plot threads familiar to many of the series' 25 million Read More

    6/19/98
  • The X-Files: Travelers

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Though originally telecast March 29, 1998, the X-Files episode "Travelers" takes place in 1990, long before Mulder was teamed with Scully. Upon learning that the chief suspect in a 1952 murder case has died, Mulder further discovers that the long-unsolved murder may have had something to do with Read More

    1998
  • The X-Files: The Red and the Black

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: First telecast March 8, 1998, "The Red and the Black" was the conclusion to a two-part thriller that began with the previous week's "Patient X." At the sight of a grisly mass immolation, Scully is hypnotized so that she can piece together the events leading up to the disaster. Meanwhile, Mulder Read More

    1998
  • The X-Files: Patient X

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Part one of a two-part X-Files drama, "Patient X" was written by series producers Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz. Many of the plot devices are familiar ones: a series of mass murders (this time the victims are burned alive), multiple disappearances, evidence of extraterrestrial involvement, and Read More

    1998
  • The X-Files: Dreamland

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Written by Vince Gilligan, John Shiban, and Frank Spotnitz, "Dreamland" was part one of a landmark two-part X-Files episode. At long last, Mulder and Scully gain access to the fabled Area 51, the mecca of UFO enthusiasts the world over. There, the two agents bear witness to a mysterious Read More

    1998
  • The X-Files: Dreamland II

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In part one of the two-part X-Files drama "Dreamland," Mulder and Scully's visit to the legendary Area 51 resulted in a freakish personality transference, with Mulder literally changing places with "Man in Black" Morris Fletcher (Michael McKean). Unaware of the switch, Scully -- who is down in the Read More

    1998
  • The X-Files: All Souls

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: A young mentally impaired girl is killed by a lightning bolt. The girl's priest, Father McCue (Arnie Walters), asks another of his parishioners -- Agent Scully -- to investigate the tragedy. How, for example, could the girl have been wandering aimlessly outside her home, when she had been Read More

    1998
  • The X-Files: The Pine Bluff Variant

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: A dangerous paramilitary leader named Jacob Haley (Daniel Von Bargen) has escaped from the Feds, and Mulder is held responsible. Much to the astonishment of his partner, Scully, Mulder seems to be in cahoots with the fugitive, a suspicion apparently confirmed when the FBI agent joins Haley's Read More

    1998
  • The X-Files: Max

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Originally telecast March 23, 1997, "Max" was the conclusion of a two-part X-Files drama that began with the previous week's "Tempus Fugit." Scott Bellis returns as frequent alien abductee Max Fenig. Investigating the crash of a jetliner carrying both Max and a valuable packet of evidence proving Read More

    1997
  • The X-Files: Memento Mori

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: This X-Files episode begins on a somber note when Scully is diagnosed with brain cancer. Even more vexing is the fact that the same cancer previously killed all the women who'd claimed to share Scully's alien-abduction experience two years earlier. Mulder takes it upon himself to get to the bottom Read More

    1997
  • The X-Files: Leonard Betts

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: This X-Files episode first aired on Super Bowl Sunday, January 26, 1997, right after Fox's coverage of the game. It all begins when the decapitated body of Leonard Betts (Paul McCrane) disappears from a Philadelphia morgue. Normally, this would be a job for the local police, but Mulder and Scully Read More

    1997
  • The X-Files: Christmas Carol

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: In a rare seasonal X-Files episode, Scully and her mother pay a pre-Yuletide visit to the home of Scully's brother, Bill Jr. (Pat Skipper). Upon arrival, Scully answers the phone and hears a plea for help -- from a woman who sounds eerily like her dead sister, Melissa (Melinda McGraw). The mystery Read More

    1997
  • The X-Files: Emily

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Originally telecast December 14, 1997, "Emily" was the conclusion of a two-part X-Files drama that began with the previous week's "Christmas Carol." Having discovered that she is the biological mother of three-year-old Emily (Lauren Diewold), Scully also learns that she and the girl have the same Read More

    1997
  • The X-Files: Zero Sum

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: For the second time, Assistant Director Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) is framed for murder (the first time was in the episode "Avatar"). This time, Skinner is victimized after covering up the death of a woman who was killed by rampaging bees. Mulder and Scully not only investigate the killing, but also Read More

    1997
  • The X-Files: Detour

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: En route to an FBI convention in Florida, Mulder and Scully are detoured by a roadblock. It isn't long before the two agents are swept into the investigation of several mysterious disappearances in the area. It is likewise not long before Mulder and Scully themselves are targeted for death by a Read More

    1997
  • The X-Files: Piper Maru

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Part one of a two-part X-Files drama, "Piper Maru" originally aired February 9, 1996. After discovering the wreckage of a mysterious aircraft that was shot down during WWII, the crew of a French salvage ship succumbs to a strange and inexplicable illness. As if this wasn't enough, the captain of Read More

    1996
  • The X-Files: Apocrypha

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Originally telecast February 16, 1996, "Apocrypha" was the conclusion of a two-part X-Files story that began with the previous week's "Piper Maru." Investigating the submerged wreckage of an apparent WWII-era fighter plane, Mulder and Scully quickly realize that the aircraft was actually Read More

    1996
  • The X-Files: Terma

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: First broadcast December 1, 1996, "Terma" was the conclusion of a two-part X-Files drama that began with the previous week's "Tunguska." Mulder is still missing, and Scully refuses to reveal his whereabouts to a congressional committee. It's all part of a plan to trap a clever smuggler of deadly Read More

    1996
  • The X-Files: Tunguska

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Part one of a two-part X-Files drama, "Tunguska" was originally broadcast November 24, 1996. Mulder has disappeared, and a congressional committee wants to know why. Only Scully seems to have the answers, but she's not talking -- and she's willing to go to prison rather than reveal her secret. Read More

    1996
  • The X-Files: End Game

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: First telecast February 17, 1995, "End Game" is the conclusion of a two-part story that began with the previous week's episode, "Colony." At long last, it appears that Mulder is to be reunited with his sister, who had been abducted by aliens two decades earlier. But appearances are deceiving, as Read More

    1995
  • The X-Files: Our Town

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: The titular town in this X-Files drama is not Grovers Corners, but instead the tiny community of Dudley, AR. The town's main business is a meat-packing company, which immediately falls under the scrutiny of Mulder and Scully as they investigate the disappearance of a local citizen. The agents Read More

    1995
  • The X-Files: 731

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: First broadcast December 1, 1995, "731" was the conclusion of a two-part X-Files story that began with the previous week's "Nisei." While trying to confirm the authenticity of an "alien autopsy" videotape, Mulder and Scully have stumbled upon an international conspiracy involving a group of Read More

    1995
  • The X-Files: Nisei

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Part one of a two-part X-Files drama, "Nisei" originally aired November 24, 1995. The story begins with the screening of a videotape that supposedly depicts an actual alien autopsy (not unlike the tape that was then being heavily promoted by X-Files' parent Fox Network). The clues provided by this Read More

    1995

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