Chris Carter Chris Carter appeared as an FBI agent in the episode Anasazi. Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz met in a Book Club. Chris Carter's birthday is October 13 or Ten Thirteen (1013) which explains the name of his production company and recurring references to the date/ number on the X Files. Chris Carter's wife (Dori) birthday is November 21. She is a screenwriter. Chris Carter is addicted to eating sunflower seeds, a quirk that it displays itself in Fox Mulder. The first X-Files episode directed by Chris Carter was "Duane Barry" It was Carter's decision to kill off Deep Throat. Chris Carter originally called fans of X-Files "File-o-philes" before they changed their nickname to "X-Philes". Chris Carter and Mark Snowappeared on Los Angeles' KCRW's radio show "Morning Becomes Electric" for three hours on April 2, 1996. Chris Carter wrote the lyrics to PM Dawn's "If You Never Say Goodbye" on The Songs in the Key of X CD. Carter claims to be "a natural skeptic" who has personally never had a paranormal experience. In Carter's opinion, the X-Files really exist somewhere in the government. The Ray Harryhausen fantasy movie, Mysterious Island, left a tremendous impression on Carter as a boy. Fox was the first and only network that Carter took the X Files to. Although a fan of The Invaders, Project UFO and The Outer Limits, Chris Carter admits he has never watched a single episode of Star Trek.