Carl W. Lucas

Carl Lucas served in the United States Army Infantry from 1992 till 1998. Carl was assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment in Fort Benning, GA and, after attending Airborne School, transferred to Germany where he served under multiple active duty units including the famous 6/502 Infantry unit in Berlin. After his tour overseas, Carl was stationed in Washington DC, with the elite ceremonial unit known as "The Old Guard" serving out the rest of his service with the official title of "Airborne Infantry Squad Leader on Special Assignment as Official Escort to the President", before leaving the Army in May of 1998, having achieved the rank of sergeant.In 2002, Carl completed his first screenplay, The College Program, a comedy based on his experiences in the military. His second screenplay, Hollering Creek, The Legend of La Llorona, earned him a top 100 finalist nod in the HBO original series Project Greenlight. Since then, Carl has written 37 feature screenplays, won awards in several other filmmaking competitions, and garnered numerous writing assignments from multiple production companies. In 2009, Carl's screenplay, Ilegales, was produced by Three Sigma Management. That same year, he created his own production entity, EchoWolf Productions, and produced his first feature film, Don't Blink, starring Mena Suvari, Brian Austin Green and Joanne Kelly.Since then, Carl has provided writing services for companies like Centropolis Entertainment and produced several features, including the feature, The Rambler, which was accepted in the Midnight Section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He recently produced the independent horror films Fender Bender and The Field Guide to Evil, Slamdance award winner My Name Is Myeisha and the upcoming The Wave, written by Carl and directed by Gille Klabin. Show less «