List of accolades received by The X-Files

This is a list of awards and nominations received by the American science fiction television series, The X-Files.

American Cinema Editors

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1996	Best Edited One-Hour Series	Heather MacDougall	"Unruhe"	Nominated
1997	Best Edited One-Hour Series	Lynne Willingham	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Nominated

Directors Guild of America

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1995	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series (Night)	Chris Carter	"The List"	Nominated
1997	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series (Night)	Chris Carter	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Nominated
1998	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series (Night)	Chris Carter	"Triangle"	Nominated

Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

3 wins out of 21 nominations

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1995	Outstanding Actress in a Guest Role – Drama Series	C. C. H. Pounder	Lucy Kazdin in "Duane Barry"	Nominated
	Outstanding Series – Drama	^See below		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing – Drama Series	Chris Carter	"Duane Barry"	Nominated
1996	Outstanding Actor in a Guest Role – Drama Series	Peter Boyle	Clyde Bruckman in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"	Won
	Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson	Dana Scully	Nominated
	Outstanding Series – Series	^See below		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing – Drama Series	Darin Morgan	"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"	Won
1997	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role – Drama Series	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	Nominated
	Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Won
	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series	James Wong	"Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man"	Nominated
	Outstanding Series – Drama	^See below		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing – Drama Series	John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz, Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan	"Memento Mori"	Nominated
1998	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role – Drama Series	David Duchovny		Nominated
	Outstanding Actress in a Guest Role – Drama Series	Veronica Cartwright	Cassandra Spender in "Patient X"/"The Red and the Black"	Nominated
		Lili Taylor	Marty Glenn in "Mind's Eye"	Nominated
	Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated
	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series	Chris Carter	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Nominated
	Outstanding Series – Drama	^See below		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing – Drama Series	Chris Carter	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Actress in a Guest Role – Drama Series	Veronica Cartwright	Cassandra Spender in "Two Fathers"/"One Son"	Nominated
	Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated

^1995 "Best Drama Series" nominees Chris Carter, R.W. Goodwin, James Wong, Glen Morgan, Howard Gordon, Rob Bowman, David Nutter, Joseph Patrick Finn, Kim Manners and Paul Rabwin
^1996 "Best Drama Series" nominees Chris Carter, R.W. Goodwin, Howard Gordon, Joseph Patrick Finn, Rob Bowman, Kim Manners and Paul Rabwin
^1997 "Best Drama Series" nominees Chris Carter, R.W. Goodwin, Howard Gordon, James Wong, Glen Morgan, Ken Horton, Joseph Patrick Finn, Rob Bowman, Kim Manners, Paul Rabwin, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan, Lori Jo Nemhauser
^1998 "Best Drama Series" nominees Chris Carter, R.W. Goodwin, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan, Ken Horton, Joseph Patrick Finn, Rob Bowman, Kim Manners, Paul Rabwin, Lori Jo Nemhauser, John Shiban

Creative Emmy Awards

13 wins out of 40 nominations

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1994	Outstanding Graphic Design and Title Sequences	James Castle, Bruce Bryant, Carol Johnsen		Won
1995	Outstanding Cinematography – Series	John S. Bartley	"One Breath"	Nominated
	Outstanding Editing – Series (Single-Camera Production)	James Coblentz	"Duane Barry"	Nominated
		Stephen Mark	"Sleepless"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Editing – Series	Nominees Thierry J. Couturier, Maciek Malish, Christopher B. Reeves, Marty Stein, H. Jay Levine, Stuart Calderon, Michael Kimball, David F. Van Slyke, Susan Welsh, Chris Fradkin, Matthew West, Ira Leslie, Jeff Charbonneau, Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Kitty Malone, Yvonne Preble	"Duane Barry"	Nominated
1996	Outstanding Art Direction – Series	Graeme Murray, Shirley Inget	"Jose Chung's From Outer Space"	Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography – Series	John S. Bartley	"Grotesque"	Won
	Outstanding Sound Editing – Series	Nominees Thierry J. Couturier, Maciek Malish, Christopher B. Reeves, Mike Goodman, Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Susan Welsh, Michael Kimball, Rick Hinson, Ira Leslie, Marty Stein, Jeff Charbonneau, Kitty Malone, Joseph T. Sabella, Jerry Jacobson, Greg Pusateri	"Nisei"	Won
	Outstanding Sound Mixing – Drama Series	Nominees Michael T. Williamson, David John West, Nello Torri, Douglas A. Turner	"Nisei"	Won
1997	Outstanding Art Direction – Series	Nominees Graeme Murray, Gary Pembroke Allen, Shirley Inget	"Memento Mori"	Won
	Outstanding Sound Editing – Series	Nominees Thierry J. Couturier, Stuart Calderon, Ira Leslie, Maciek Malish, Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Chris Fradkin, H. Jay Levine, Christopher B. Reeves, Susan Welsh, Jeff Charbonneau, Gary Marullo, Michael Salvetta	"Tempus Fugit"	Won
	Outstanding Editing – Series (Single-Camera Production)	Jim Gross	"Terma"	Nominated
		Heather MacDougall	"Tempus Fugit"	Nominated
	Outstanding Makeup – Series	Laverne Basham, Toby Lindala	"Leonard Betts"	Nominated
	Outstanding Music Composition – Series (Dramatic Underscore)	Mark Snow	"Paper Hearts"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Mixing – Drama Series	Nominees David John West, Nello Torri, Harry Andronis, Michael T. Williamson	"Tempus Fugit"	Nominated
1998	Outstanding Art Direction – Series	Nominees Graeme Murray, Greg Loewen, Shirley Inget	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Won
	Outstanding Cinematography – Series	Joel Ransom	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Nominated
	Outstanding Editing – Series (Single-Camera Production)	Heather MacDougall	"Kill Switch"	Won
		Casey O. Rohrs	"Mind's Eye"	Nominated
		Lynne Willingham	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Nominated
	Outstanding Makeup – Series	Nominees Laverne Basham, Pearl Louie, Toby Lindala, Dave Coughtry, Rachel Griffin, Robin Lindala, Leanne Rae Podavin, Geoff Redknap, Tony Wohlgemuth, Wayne Dang, Vince Yoshida	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Nominated
	Outstanding Music Composition – Series (Dramatic Underscore)	Mark Snow	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Editing – Series	Nominees Thierry J. Couturier, Maciek Malish, H. Jay Levine, Gabrielle Gilbert Reeves, Mike Goodman, Ira Leslie, Chris Fradkin, Rick Hinson, Michael Kimball, Jeff Charbonneau, Gary Marullo, Michael Salvetta	"The Red and the Black"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Mixing – Drama Series	Nominees Michael T. Williamson, David John West, Harry Andronis, Kurt Kassulke	"The Red and the Black"	Nominated
1999	Outstanding Art Direction – Series	Nominees Corey Kaplan, Lauren E. Polizzi, Sandy Getzler, Timothy Stepeck	"One Son"	Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography – Series	Bill Roe	"The Unnatural"	Nominated
	Outstanding Editing – Series (Single-Camera Production)	Heather MacDougall	"S.R. 819"	Nominated
	Outstanding Makeup – Series	Nominees Cheri Montesanto-Medcalf, Laverne Basham, John Vulich, Kevin Westmore, Greg Funk, John Wheaton, Mark Shostrom, Rick Stratton, Jake Garber, Craig Reardon, Fionagh Cush, Steve LaPorte, Kevin Haney, Jane Aull, Perri Sorel, Jeanne Van Phue, Julie Travis-Socash	"Two Fathers" / "One Son"	Won
	Outstanding Music Composition – Series (Dramatic Underscore)	Mark Snow	"S.R. 819"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Editing – Series	Nominees Thierry J. Couturier, Stuart Calderon, Mike Goodman, H. Jay Levine, Maciek Malish, George Nemzer, Cecilia Perna, Christopher B. Reeves, Gabrielle Gilbert Reeves, Jeff Charbonneau, Gary Marullo, Michael Salvetta	"Triangle"	Nominated
2000	Outstanding Makeup – Series	Nominees Cheri Montesanto-Medcalf, Kevin Westmore, Laverne Basham, Greg Funk, Cindy J. Williams	"Theef"	Won
	Outstanding Music Composition – Series (Dramatic Underscore)	Mark Snow	"Theef"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Mixing – Drama Series	Nominees Steve Cantamessa, David John West, Harry Andronis, Ray O'Reilly	"First Person Shooter (The X-Files)"	Won
	Outstanding Special Visual Effects – Series	Nominees Bill Millar, Deena Burkett, Monique Klauer, Don Greenberg, Jeff Zaman, Steven J. Scott, Steve Strassburger, Cory Strassburger	"First Person Shooter (The X-Files)"	Won
	Outstanding Sound Editing – Series	Nominees Thierry J. Couturier, Cecilia Perna, Debby Ruby-Winsberg, Donna Beltz, H. Jay Levine, Ken Gladden, Michael Kimball, Stuart Calderon, Susan Welsh, Jeff Charbonneau, Michael Salvetta, Sharon Michaels	"First Person Shooter (The X-Files)"	Nominated
	Outstanding Special Visual Effects – Series	Nominees Bill Millar, Deena Burkett, Monique Klauer, Don Greenberg	"Rush"	Nominated
2001	Outstanding Cinematography – Series (Single-Camera Production)	Bill Roe	"This Is Not Happening"	Nominated
	Outstanding Makeup – Series	Nominees Cheri Montesanto-Medcalf, Matthew W. Mungle, Laverne Munroe, Clinton Wayne, Robin L. Neal	"Deadalive"	Won
2002	Outstanding Music Composition – Series (Dramatic Underscore)	Mark Snow	"The Truth"	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

5 wins out of 12 nominations

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
1994	Best Series – Drama		Won
1995	Best Actor in Leading Role – Drama Series	David Duchovny	Nominated
	Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
1996	Best Actor in Leading Role – Drama Series	David Duchovny	Won
	Best Actress in Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson	Won
	Best Series – Drama		Won
1997	Best Actor in Leading Role – Drama Series	David Duchovny	Nominated
	Best Actress in Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
	Best Series – Drama		Won
1998	Best Actor in Leading Role – Drama Series	David Duchovny	Nominated
	Best Actress in Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson	Nominated
	Best Series – Drama		Nominated

Satellite Awards

2 wins out of 9 nominations

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1996	Best Actor in a Leading Role – Drama Series	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	Won
	Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson	Dana Scully	Nominated
	Best Series – Drama			Won
1997	Best Actor in a Leading Role – Drama Series	David Duchovny		Nominated
	Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated
	Best Series – Drama			Nominated
1998	Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated
	Best Series – Drama			Nominated
2000	Best Actress in a Leading Role – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1996	Best Actress on Television	Gillian Anderson	Dana Scully	Won
	Best Actor on Television	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	Nominated
	Best Genre Network TV Series			Won
1997	Best Actress on Television	Gillian Anderson	Dana Scully	Nominated
	Best Actor on Television	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	Nominated
	Best Genre Network TV Series			Nominated

Screen Actors Guild

2 wins out of 14 nominations

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1995	Outstanding Actor – Drama Series	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	Nominated
	Outstanding Actress – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson	Dana Scully	Won
1996	Outstanding Actor – Drama Series	David Duchovny		Nominated
	Outstanding Actress – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Won
	Outstanding Cast – Drama Series			Nominated
1997	Outstanding Actor – Drama Series	David Duchovny		Nominated
	Outstanding Actress – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated
	Outstanding Cast – Drama Series			Nominated
1998	Outstanding Actor – Drama Series	David Duchovny		Nominated
	Outstanding Actress – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated
	Outstanding Cast – Drama Series			Nominated
1999	Outstanding Actor – Drama Series	David Duchovny		Nominated
	Outstanding Actress – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated
2000	Outstanding Actress – Drama Series	Gillian Anderson		Nominated

Television Critics Association Awards

9 nominations

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1994	Outstanding Achievement in Drama			Nominated
1995	Program of the Year			Nominated
	Outstanding Achievement in Drama			Nominated
1996	Outstanding Achievement in Drama			Nominated
1997	Program of the Year			Nominated
	Outstanding Achievement in Drama			Nominated
	Individual Achievement in Drama	Gillian Anderson	Dana Scully	Nominated
	Individual Achievement in Drama	David Duchovny	Fox Mulder	Nominated
1998	Outstanding Achievement in Drama			Nominated

Writers Guild of America

2 nominations

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1995	Best Writing – Episodic Drama	Chris Carter	"Duane Barry"	Nominated
1996	Best Writing – Episodic Drama	Darin Morgan	"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"	Nominated

Young Artist Awards

1 win out of 2 nominations

Year	Category	Recipients and nominees	Role/Episode	Result
1999	Best Young Actor (age 10 and under) – Drama Series	Jeffrey Schoeny	Trevor in "Trevor"	Nominated
2002	Best Young Actor in a Guest Role (age 10 and under) – Series	Gavin Fink	Tommy Conlon in "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"	Won

External links

• Awards on TheXFiles.com