Charlie Craig (screenwriter)

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Charles Grant Craig
Occupation Television writer and producer
NationalityAmerican
Notable works The X-Files

Charles Grant Craig (sometimes credited as Charlie Craig) is an American television producer and writer. He worked on the third season of supernatural drama series The X-Files . The season was nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding drama series. [1]

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Career

Craig joined the crew of The X-Files as a supervising producer and writer for the third season in 1995. The X-Files was created by Chris Carter and focuses on a pair of FBI agents investigating cases with links to the paranormal. At the 1996 ceremony, the production team was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for their work on the third season. [1] Craig left the crew after working on only eight episodes. He wrote the episode "Oubliette". [2]

Some of Craig's other television credits include Booker , The Hat Squad , The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Renegade , Invasion , Eureka , and Pretty Little Liars .[ citation needed ]

Craig teaches at the UCLA Extension, Writers Program. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Search results showing The X-files nomination for best drama series in 1996". Primetime Emmy Award Database. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  2. "Oubliette". Archived from the original on 17 April 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Charlie Craig | Writers' Program at UCLA Extension".