Carlton Cuse

Cuse at Comic-Con 2007.

Carlton Cuse (born 22 March 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico) 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 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.

Lost episodes

• "Hearts and Minds" (Season 1, Episode 13) with Javier Grillo-Marxuach
• "Deus Ex Machina" (Season 1, Episode 19) with Damon Lindelof
• "Exodus: Part 1" (Season 1, Episode 23) with Damon Lindelof
• "Exodus: Part 2" (Season 1, Episode 24) with Damon Lindelof
• "...And Found" (Season 2, Episode 5) with Damon Lindelof
• "The Other 48 Days" (Season 2, Episode 7) with Damon Lindelof
• "The 23rd Psalm" (Season 2, Episode 10) with Damon Lindelof
• "One of Them" (Season 2, Episode 14) with Damon Lindelof
• "Lockdown" (Season 2, Episode 17) with Damon Lindelof
• "?" (Season 2, Episode 21) with Damon Lindelof
• ) with Damon Lindelof
• "Further Instructions" (Season 3, Episode 3) with Elizabeth Sarnoff
• "I Do" (Season 3, Episode 6) with Damon Lindelof
• "Not in Portland" (Season 3, Episode 7) with Jeff Pinkner
• "Enter 77" (Season 3, Episode 11) with Damon Lindelof
• "One of Us" (Season 3, Episode 16) with Drew Goddard
• "The Brig" (Season 3, Episode 19) with Damon Lindelof
• "Through the Looking Glass" (Season 3, Episode 22) with Damon Lindelof
• "The Beginning of the End" (Season 4, Episode 1) with Damon Lindelof
• "The Constant" (Season 4, Episode 5) with Damon Lindelof
• "There's No Place Like Home" (Season 4, Episodes 12-14) with Damon Lindelof
• "Because You Left" (Season 5, Episode 1) with Damon Lindelof
• "316" (Season 5, Episode 6) with Damon Lindelof
• "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" (Season 5, Episode 7) with Damon Lindelof
• "Whatever Happened, Happened" (Season 5, Episode 11) With Damon Lindelof