An interview with director David Nutter – who will be given a lifetime achievement award by the Directors Guild of America soon – along with some tough and sad personal news Parkinson’s, wife passed away). Some The X-Files-related bits:

What’s the best pilot you ever made?

[…] I also loved Fox’s Millennium pilot with Chris Carter.

You directed 15 episodes of The X-Files. Which are you most proud of?

“Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.” That was a funny episode.

What’s an episode you improved the most from what you were given on the page?

Another X-Files episode. The first one I directed, “Ice” [season one, episode eight].

“Ice” was the first one that hooked me as a viewer, it had a lot of atmosphere to it.

[Creator] Chris Carter said it was the first “real” episode of the show and that he wanted to model the rest of the series after it.

Now there’s [Game of Thrones] spin-off ideas in the works. Would you ever want to direct on those?

No. It’s like when Warners president Peter Roth wanted me to direct Fringe and I was like, “This is a copy of X-Files.” It would be difficult to do something in that world unless the same people were involved.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/david-nutter-best-worst-episodes-thrones-sopranos-interview-1235817291/