L.M. Kit Carson

Birth Name:

Lewis Minor Carson

Birth Place:

Irving, Texas, United States

Profession

Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Soundtrack, Script department

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

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