---
name: "L.M. Kit Carson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/l-m-kit-carson"
fi1m_id: "l-m-kit-carson"
imdb_id: "nm0141281"
tmdb_id: 15207
wikidata_id: "Q6456555"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "12 August 1941"
died: "20 October 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T17:06:41.698940+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# L.M. Kit Carson

## Identity

L.M. Kit Carson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/l-m-kit-carson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** l-m-kit-carson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0141281
- **TMDB ID:** 15207
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6456555
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._M._Kit_Carson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6456555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15207

Producer. Born 12 August 1941 in Irving, Texas, USA. Died 20 October 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 12 August 1941, Irving, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 20 October 2014
- **Active:** 1967–1996
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._M._Kit_Carson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6456555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15207

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Paris, Texas*](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

L. M. Kit Carson (born Lewis Minor Carson) was an American screenwriter, actor, director and producer. He was born on 12 August 1941 in Irving, Texas, and died on 20 October 2014 in Dallas, Texas.

Carson received an adaptation credit for the screenplay of *Paris, Texas* (1984), co-written with Sam Shepard. He also wrote the screenplays for *Breathless* (1983) and *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2* (1986). Earlier in his career he wrote and starred in the mockumentary *David Holzman's Diary* (1967).

He co-founded the USA Film Festival in Dallas and mentored emerging filmmakers including Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson. His son, actor Hunter Carson, appeared in *Paris, Texas*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Fi1m 78, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bastard* (2010), as Manager
- *The Crow: Wicked Prayer* (2005), Co-Producer
- *Tempo* (2003), Writer
- *Last Fair Deal* (2002), Actor
- *CQ* (2001), as Fantasy Critic
- *Perfume* (2001), Producer, Writer
- *Bullfighter* (2000), as Country Bob · Adaptation, Producer
- *Lisa Picard Is Famous* (2000), as David Holzman
- *Hurricane Streets* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Co-Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md)
- *Bottle Rocket* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Murder in High Places* (1991), as Prentiss
- *Running on Empty* (1988), as Gus Winant
- *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2* (1986), Writer, Associate Producer
- *Chinese Boxes* (1984), Crewcut, Screenplay
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Robert Phelps — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Paris, Texas* (1984), Adaptation — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/paris-texas.md)
- *Breathless* (1983), Screenplay
- *The Last Word* (1979), Screenplay
- *The American Dreamer* (1971), Director, Writer
- *David Holzman's Diary* (1967), as David Holzman

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