1. Frank Spotnitz's career includes creating, writing and producing series with networks, cable, streaming and other broadcast platforms around the world.
18 Facts About Frank Spotnitz
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Frank Spotnitz's father is Jewish, though Frank Spotnitz was not raised religiously.
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Frank Spotnitz's family moved around until they settled in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Frank Spotnitz attended Camelback High School, where he was inspired to pursue a career in Hollywood.
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Frank Spotnitz graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1982, where he was a reporter for the Daily Bruin.
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Frank Spotnitz later received a MFA in screenwriting from the AFI Conservatory in 1991.
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Frank Spotnitz briefly worked for the Associated Press in Paris.
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Frank Spotnitz freelanced for Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone before returning to his passion and studying screenwriting at AFI.
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Frank Spotnitz served on The X-Files for eight of its nine seasons after joining the show in 1994.
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Frank Spotnitz called it "a life-changing experience", graduating from staff writer to executive producer after three seasons.
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Frank Spotnitz directed two episodes and wrote or co-wrote more than 40 instalments of the series, including the Emmy-nominated "Memento Mori" with Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban in 1997.
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Frank Spotnitz served for four years as executive producer and three years as president of Carter's Ten Thirteen Productions.
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Frank Spotnitz was a producer and co-writer of both The X-Files feature films, Fight the Future and I Want to Believe.
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Frank Spotnitz was nominated for an Emmy Award for writing and three times for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Frank Spotnitz co-created, executive-produced and co-wrote Medici: Masters of Florence, starring Richard Madden, Dustin Hoffman and Annabel Scholey.
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In 2017, Frank Spotnitz co-created, executive-produced and co-wrote the comedy-drama series The Indian Detective for Canadian broadcaster CTV and Netflix.
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Frank Spotnitz adopted the writers' room process from his experience in the US, which he brought to the UK when he founded Big Light Productions.
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Frank Spotnitz favours carding in order to better analyse the story and to enable better collaboration.