Gabe Rotter

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Gabe Rotter
Born (1978-04-16) April 16, 1978 (age 46)
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation(s)Writer, Producer
Notable workDuck Duck Wally
The Human Bobby
The X-Files
PartnerBree Abel Rotter (2007 – present)

Gabe Rotter is an American television writer/producer and novelist, author of Simon & Schuster's Duck Duck Wally and The Human Bobby. [1] He was a writer and producer on season 11 of The X-Files which aired in 2018.

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Early life

Rotter grew up in the same complex in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, as writer Lesley Arfin and they both attended Syosset High School. [2] He earned a film degree from the University of Southern California. Rotter began his career as a production assistant and later the writers' assistant on the paranormal television show "The X-Files," working under series creator Chris Carter.

Career

Rotter wrote his first novel, Duck Duck Wally, which was published by Simon & Schuster [3] in 2008. The novel "...pays entertaining dividends in this slapstick send-up of show business in general and hip-hop in particular,” commented a Kirkus Reviews critic. [4] A Publishers Weekly reviewer noted that “Rotter’s a talented writer.” Booklist called the book "Clever and funny." [5]

In 2010, Rotter published his second novel from Simon & Schuster, titled The Human Bobby. Booklist described the book as "An oddly constructed novel, but an oddly endearing one, too, with a protagonist you can’t help rooting for." [6]

In 2014 Rotter produced a television pilot for Amazon called The After, which was written and directed by Chris Carter. [7]

In 2015 Rotter was a writer/producer on 20th Century Fox Television's 6-episode revival of The X-Files. [8]

In 2017, Rotter was a writer/producer on the eleventh season of The X-Files on Fox, having written one episode titled, "Kitten." [9]

In 2024, Rotter created The Beast In Me for Netflix, starring Claire Danes.

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References

  1. "Gabe Rotter".
  2. Jacobson, Aileen. "Friends’ divergent paths to publication", Newsday , August 26, 2007. Accessed February 8, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "When they were youngsters Gabe Rotter and Lesley Arfin were best friends running around the neighborhood with a pack of other kids in The Woodlands a condominium complex in Woodbury where they both lived.... By the time they got to Syosset High School they'd drifted into separate cliques both say and eventually lost touch."
  3. Newsday, August 26, 2007, Aileen Jacobson, “Former LI Best Friends Rotter, Arfin Write Books,”
  4. Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2007, review of Duck Duck Wally.
  5. Booklist, David Pitt, July 19, 2010, review of The Human Bobby.
  6. Booklist, David Pitt, July 19, 2010, review of The Human Bobby.
  7. "Amazon Greenlights 6 Series, Including Chris Carter's 'The After,' and Renews 'Alpha House'". 31 March 2014.
  8. "'The X-Files' Revival: David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson to Reprise Roles on Fox". 24 March 2015.
  9. "Gabe Rotter". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-01-15.

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