Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer Carlton Cuse is best known for his association with the highly acclaimed drama series Lost, which aired on ABC from 2004 to 2010. His showbiz career spans over three decades, in the course of which he created, wrote and produced a number of popular TV shows like Martial Law (1998-2000), Nash Bridges (1996-2001), Bates Motel (2013-2017) and Jack Ryan (2018-). In 2010, Cuse made it to Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World list courtesy of his work in Lost.

Besides his remarkable repertoire on television, Cuse has also ventured into cinema. Notable among his film credits as a screenwriter are the disaster movie San Andreas (2015) and the the sci-fi monster movie Rampage (2018).