The X-Files (season 3) - Crew

Crew

Development of the first episode of the season, "The Blessing Way", began with the second season finale "Anasazi". Both of those episodes, along with "Paper Clip", form a three part trilogy of episodes that began the third season. "Anasazi" was directed by R. W. Goodwin, and "Paper Clip" was directed by Rob Bowman, two directors who directed a number of episodes for the series. Bowman directed a total of eight episodes for the season, more than other anyone else. Series creator Chris Carter also served as executive producer and showrunner and wrote eight episodes.

Darin Morgan had a small involvement in the season season, and was asked to contribute more content for the third. He first appeared in "The Host" as the Flukeman, and was brought on by his brother Glen Morgan to help write the episode "Blood". Morgan's first sole credit as a writer came in the episode "Humbug", which received a positive reception by the staff. David Duchovny expressed an enjoyment for working with Morgan, commenting "what I loved about his scripts was that he seemed to be trying to destroy the show." Morgan wrote a total of three episodes, but later left the series because he could not keep up with the fast paced nature of network television. He also expressed a negative opinion of the way his teleplays were handled, despite a positive reception by both critics and the crew of his work. He also contributed to the script for the episode "Quagmire". After writing one episode the previous season, Vince Gilligan returned to write another solo episode for the season, now credited as a creative consultant. Cast member David Duchovny collaborated with Howard Gordon and Chris Carter for two episodes receiving story credit.

New writers in the third season included story editor Jeffrey Vlaming who wrote two episodes, supervising producer Charles Grant Craig who wrote a single episode, Kim Newtown who wrote two episodes, and staff writer John Shiban who wrote two episodes. All new writers except Shiban did not return after this season. Series visual effects producer Mat Beck also wrote an episode. Other producers included production manager and producer Joseph Patrick Finn and co-producer Paul Rabwin.