L.M. Kit Carson Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a CableACE Award for Writing a Dramatic Series for "The Hitchhiker" in 1988
• Started out as a freelance magazine writer before making his acting debut in the cult classic "David Holzman's Diary" in 1967
• Best known as the co-writer of "Paris, Texas," "Breathless," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2․"
• Co-founded the USA Film Festival with Southern Methodist University film professor Bill Jones in 1970
• Frequently worked with filmmaker Jim McBride on films like "Holzman's Diary" and "Breathless․"
• Was a mentor to writer-director Wes Anderson and the brothers Owen, Luke, and Andrew Wilson, whose 1994 short film "Bottle Rocket" he produced