'' 12 Monkeys'' is an American

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created by

Terry Matalas Terry Matalas (born December 11, 1975) is an American television writer, director, and executive producer, best known for co-creating and showrunning ''12 Monkeys'' (20152018), which ran for four seasons on SyFy. He was a showrunner on the fou ...

and Travis Fickett. It is a

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based on the 1995 ''12 Monkeys'' film, written by

David Peoples David Webb Peoples (born February 9, 1940) is an American screenwriter who wrote ''Blade Runner'' (1982), ''Unforgiven'' (1992), and ''12 Monkeys'' (1995). He was nominated for Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA awards. He won the best screenplay a ...

and

Janet Peoples Janet Peoples is an American screenwriter. She co-wrote the script for the 1995 Academy Award-nominated film ''12 Monkeys ''12 Monkeys'' is a 1995 American science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, inspired by Chris Marker's 1962 ...

and directed by

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, which itself was based on

Chris Marker Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and Essay#Film, film essayist. His best known films are ''La Jetée'' (1962), ''A Grin Without a Cat'' (1977) and ''S ...

's 1962 short film ''

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''. The series aired between January 16, 2015, and July 6, 2018.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2016)

Season 3 (2017)

Season 4 (2018)

Ratings

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:12 Monkeys episodes, List of Lists of American science fiction television series episodes