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name: "Jim Guttridge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-guttridge"
fi1m_id: "jim-guttridge"
imdb_id: "nm0349763"
tmdb_id: 1235862
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:43:11.854656+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."
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# Jim Guttridge

## Identity

Jim Guttridge

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-guttridge
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-guttridge
- **IMDb ID:** nm0349763
- **TMDB ID:** 1235862
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0349763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1235862

Writer. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0349763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1235862

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Jim Guttridge is a Canadian composer, orchestrator and occasional writer. He has worked extensively in film and television, often in collaboration with Daryl Bennett under names such as Ferocious Fish Productions and HiTower Music.

His composing credits include the television series *Beauty and the Beast* (2012–2016) and *First Wave*, as well as the films *Zacharia Farted* (1998), *Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell* (2001), *Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled* (2002), *Decoys* (2004), *Messages Deleted* (2010), *Riverworld* (2010) and *Dawn Rider* (2012). He co-wrote the *The X-Files* episode 'Trevor' (1999) with Ken Hawryliw.

Guttridge has received several Leo Award nominations and wins for his scores, including for *Zacharia Farted*.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmreference.com, x-files.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Recipe for Romance* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Single on the 25th* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Monster in the Family: The Stacey Kananen Story* (2025), Music
- *Surviving My Father: The Rachel Jeffs Story* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Confessions of a Christmas Letter* (2024), Music
- *The 5-Year Christmas Party* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Christmas Miracle* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Dawn Rider* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Riverworld* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Messages Deleted* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Kung Fu Killer* (2008), Music
- *Kung Fu Killer* (2008), series, Music
- *Decoys* (2004), Music
- *Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled* (2002), Music
- *Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell* (2001), Music
- *Voyage of the Unicorn* (2001), Music
- *Dangerous Attraction* (2000), Music
- *The Darklings* (1999), Music
- *Ronnie and Julie* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Death Game* (1996), Music
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *GWAR: Phallus in Wonderland* (1992), Original Music Composer

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