---
name: "Kim Newton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kim-newton"
fi1m_id: "kim-newton"
imdb_id: "nm0628548"
tmdb_id: 1229513
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T13:53:39.599036+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."
---

# Kim Newton

## Identity

Kim Newton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kim-newton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kim-newton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0628548
- **TMDB ID:** 1229513
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628548/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229513

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1993–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael W. Watkins](https://film.one/person/michael-w-watkins.md), [Ami Canaan Mann](https://film.one/person/ami-canaan-mann.md), [Carol Banker](https://film.one/person/carol-banker.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [Jim Charleston](https://film.one/person/jim-charleston.md), [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md), [Peter Markle](https://film.one/person/peter-markle.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (2), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628548/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1229513

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*The Blacklist*](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Kim Newton is a television writer and producer. She wrote two episodes of *The X-Files* during its third season (1995–1996): *Revelations* and *Quagmire*.

Her other writing credits include episodes of *Cold Case* (2003–2004), *Las Vegas* (2004–2008), *In Plain Sight* (2010), *The Glades* (2011), *The Blacklist* (2017) and *Gotham* (2017). She has also worked as a producer on several of these series, including *The Blacklist* and *Gotham*.

Earlier in her career Newton contributed to *NYPD Blue* and *New York Undercover*. Her time on *The X-Files* was her first staff writing position.

*Sources: imdb.com, buzzfeednews.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, Writer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Big Shot* (2021), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Gotham* (2014), series, Writer
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Writer, Teleplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *The Glades* (2010), series, Writer
- *Eleventh Hour* (2008), series, Writer
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, Writer
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, Writer
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer
- *Fastlane* (2002), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Fugitive* (2000), series, Writer
- *Snoops* (1999), series, Writer
- *Vengeance Unlimited* (1998), series, Writer
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

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