---
name: "Gabe Rotter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gabe-rotter"
fi1m_id: "gabe-rotter"
imdb_id: "nm1103601"
tmdb_id: 1961940
wikidata_id: "Q5515361"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 April 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:13:13.164738+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."
---

# Gabe Rotter

## Identity

Gabe Rotter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gabe-rotter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gabe-rotter
- **IMDb ID:** nm1103601
- **TMDB ID:** 1961940
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5515361
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Rotter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5515361, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1103601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1961940

Writer. Born 16 April 1978 in Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 April 1978, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Howard Gordon](https://film.one/person/howard-gordon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2020s 67 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Rotter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5515361, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1103601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1961940

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*The Beast in Me*](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Gabe Rotter is an American television writer and producer. Born on 16 April 1978 in Long Island, New York, he studied film at the University of Southern California. He began his career as a production assistant and writers' assistant on *The X-Files*.

Rotter later worked as a writer and producer on the 2016–2018 revival seasons of *The X-Files*, including writing the episode "Kitten". He is also the author of the novels *Duck Duck Wally* (2007) and *The Human Bobby* (2010), both published by Simon & Schuster.

Rotter created, wrote and executive produced the Netflix miniseries *The Beast in Me* (2025), starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys. He received Emmy nominations in 2026 for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series and Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, Creator, Story, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer, Writers' Assistant — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *The After* (2014), Co-Executive Producer
- *The X-Files: I Want to Believe* (2008), as Other
- *The Lone Gunmen* (2001), series, Producer's Assistant
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer, Writers' Assistant, Co-Producer, Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

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