Carlton Cuse

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Carlton Cuse

Carlton Cuse at Comic-Con 2007.
Born March 22, 1959 (1959-03-22) (age 50)
Nationality American
Occupation Executive Producer
screenwriter

Carlton Cuse (born 22 March 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico) is an executive producer and screenwriter for the American television series Lost. Although born in Mexico City, Carlton Cuse grew up in Boston and Orange County, California. He was a student at The Putney School. He then attended Harvard University, graduating with a degree in American History. He was raised a Roman Catholic.[1][2] He started his career in feature films working first as a development executive then formed a partnership with feature writer, Jeffrey Boam. Working with Boam, Cuse helped develop the films Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3 and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In television, Mr. Cuse began his writing career on the Michael Mann series Crime Story. He co-created and executive produced the critically acclaimed FOX series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. He created and executive produced all six seasons of Nash Bridges. He also created and executive produced the CBS series Martial Law starring Arsenio Hall and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, and co-created and executive produced the short-lived series Black Sash on The WB.

He currently executive produces and is the showrunner on Lost along with Damon Lindelof. Cuse has won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Producers Guild Award, and a Writers Guild Award for his work on the show. He has two other Emmy nominations as a writer for Lost episodes. He was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season of Lost.[3]

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