---
name: "Brett Dowler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brett-dowler"
fi1m_id: "brett-dowler"
imdb_id: "nm0235799"
tmdb_id: 1214379
wikidata_id: "Q47532616"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:43:00.765557+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brett Dowler

## Identity

Brett Dowler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brett-dowler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brett-dowler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0235799
- **TMDB ID:** 1214379
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47532616
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47532616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214379

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** Brett Dowle
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47532616, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235799/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214379

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brett Dowler is a Canadian visual effects producer and director. He began his career working on the television series *The X-Files* (1993), where he served as a director on one episode in 1997, second unit director on numerous episodes, and unit manager.

Dowler has also directed episodes of *Earth: Final Conflict* (1997) and *Jeremiah* (2002). He later transitioned to visual effects production, with credits including *Black Panther* (2018), *San Andreas* (2015), *Cloud Atlas* (2012) and *RED 2* (2013). He is based in Vancouver and holds a Bachelor of Music with a minor in film and theatre from the University of British Columbia.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Black Panther* (2018), Visual Effects Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/black-panther.md)
- *Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience* (2016), Visual Effects Producer
- *San Andreas* (2015), Visual Effects Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/san-andreas.md)
- *Let's Be Cops* (2014), Visual Effects Producer
- *RED 2* (2013), Visual Effects Producer
- *Cloud Atlas* (2012), Visual Effects Producer
- *Premium Rush* (2012), Visual Effects Producer
- *Jeremiah* (2002), series, Director
- *Earth: Final Conflict* (1997), series, Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Director, Unit Manager — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/brett-dowler