From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert W. "Bob" Goodwin, billed as R. W. Goodwin, is an American television producer and director best known for his work as senior executive producer of The X-Files. He currently lives in Bellingham, Washington. He also directed the 2009 low-budget independent feature Alien Trespass. Description above from the Wikipedia article R. W. Goodwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​