Carlton Cuse

Carlton Cuse is one of the most successful showrunners in television. Working variously as a creator, writer, producer and director, he currently has two series in production: “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” (Amazon) and “Locke & Key” (Netflix). His other credits include “Bates Motel” (A&E), “The Strain" (FX) and "Colony" (USA). He also wrote the screenplay for Dwayne Johnson’s prior film, “San Andreas” , which was Warner Bros. highest grossing movie of 2015 as well as co-wrote the Dwayne Johnson film, "Rampage"". Carlton Cuse grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and Orange County, California. He attended Harvard University, graduating with a degree in American History. Cuse, with Damon Lindelof served as showrunner, writer, and executive producer for all six seasons of “Lost” on ABC, winning many awards along the way. Cuse started his career in feature films, helping to develop the stories and screenplays of a number of major studio releases, before migrating to television -- first as a writer on the Michael Mann series “Crime Story,” and then as co-creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Fox series "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr." He went on to create and executive produce the highly rated CBS show "Nash Bridges," starring Don Johnson and Cheech Marin, which ran for six seasons and 121 episodes, cementing his status as a series creator and showrunner. Cuse has received 10 Emmy Nominations for his work and has won 2 Emmys: for Best Drama Series and for Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Media. Among his other honors, Cuse has won a Golden Globe, a Peabody Award, a Producers Guild Award, 3 AFI Awards, The Jules Verne Award, 4 Saturn Awards, The Saturn Legacy Award, a Writers Guild Award, the Variety Creative Leadership Award and the People’s Choice Award. In 2010, Cuse was named to Time Magazine’s annual List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

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