Ten Thirteen Productions

Ten Thirteen Productions is a production company founded by Chris Carter in 1993, which produced four television series and two films (The X-Files: Fight the Future and The X-Files: I Want to Believe). The company was named after Carter's birthday, October 13. The Ten Thirteen offices were located in Century City, Los Angeles, California.

History

The company was founded when Carter began his series The X-Files in 1993. With the success of The X-Files continuously growing, in 1996 the company embarked on a new series; Millennium. The series was canceled after three seasons. In 1998 they released an X-Files film, The X-Files: Fight the Future. In 1999, as Millennium was cut, a third series was put into production, Harsh Realm. It was canceled after only nine episodes. In 2001 they decided to create a direct spin-off from The X-Files and the result was The Lone Gunmen. This was canceled after one season. When The X-Files was drawn to an end in 2002 the company decided to split up instead of continue. Ten Thirteen Productions returned for the release of The X-Files: I Want to Believe in 2008.

Produced material

Television series

• The X-Files (1993–2002) 20th Century Fox Television Fox
• Millennium (1996–1999)
• Harsh Realm (1999–2000)
• The Lone Gunmen (2001)

Films

• The X-Files aka The X-Files:Fight the Future (1998)
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Staff

• Chris Carter — Creator
• Frank Spotnitz — President
• Mary Astadourian — Vice President
• Jana Fain — Office Manager

Spotnitz has gone on to start his own production company, Big Light Productions, with Fain joining him as director of development.

Curiosities

• In X-Files episode 3x16 (36:03), there is a room in a "Silo" numbered 1013, where presumably, is stored an "Alien Ship"
• In X-Files episode 9x14 (30:30), Tommy Collins says "I made this" while showing his drawings to Agent Monica Reyes. This is probably a reference to the Ten Thirteen Productions logo, in which sound producer Thierry J. Couturier's son, Nathan Conturier, says "I made this!" over the sound of a film reel rolling.