Arthur Carlton Cuse is an American screenwriter and producer who oversaw production on the television series Lost. Cuse was born in Mexico City, Destrito Federal, Mexico, on March 22, 1959.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193681/ He grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, and Orange County, California. Cuse received a degree in American History from Harvard University.http://www.producedbyconference.com/2009/carlton_cuse.html He moved to Hollywood, where he began his career as a development executive for film producer Bernard Schwartz. http://www.harvardwood.org/?HH200511 He worked in this capacity on the feature films Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and both Lethal Weapon 2 and Lethal Weapon 3. Through this development position, Cuse met screenwriter Jeffrey Boam and the two became producing partners.

Cuse and Boam made the transition from feature films to network television and created the series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. The sci-fi, western TV show starring Bruce Campbell ran for one season on FOX. Cuse went on to create the shows Nash Bridges, starring Don Johnson, and Martial Law, featuring Arsenio Hall. In 2004 he became the Executive Producer of the sci-fi drama Lost.http://www.allmovie.com/work/lost-tv-series-315149 Cuse received six nominations from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the series. Lost was named Outstanding Drama Series in 2005 and Cuse received an Emmy for his position of Executive Producer.http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000223/2005

Upon graduating from Harvard University, Cuse decided to pursue a career in entertainment. He started out at a development executive working for producer Bernie Schwartz. During his early career, Cuse wrote for the television series Crime Story. The show starred Anthony John Denison as a detective in Chicago’s Major Crime Unit, and was executive produced by Michael Mann. In 1996 Nash Bridges premiered on CBS. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/nash-bridges/195604 Cuse created and executive produced the show, which starred Don Johnson in the title role and Cheech Marin as his partner. During the same time period Cuse created another cop drama called Martial Law, which starred Sammo Hung Kam-Bo and Arsenio Hall.

In 2004 the series Lost premiered. The ABC show was created by J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber and Damon Lindelof.http://www.allmovie.com/work/lost-tv-series-315149 Cuse executive produced the series, which starred Matthew Fox, Naveen Andrews, Josh Holloway, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Emerson and Terry O’Quinn. Cuse won one Emmy Award in 2005, as Executive Producer when Lost was named Outstanding Drama Series.http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000223/2005 The final episode of the show aired on May 23, 2010. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/lost-abc/

The literal last scene of the show was something that we concocted very early on in the first season of the show.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/arts/television/16weblost.html?pagewanted=2

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In order to sustain a show over what ultimately will be 120 episodes, it has to be complex.http://www.tvguide.com/news/lost-cuse-lindelof-1012875.aspx

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