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 most recently, he wrote and produced The Wave starring Justin Long, Donald Faison and Tommy Flanagan, as well as The Old Way, starring Nicholas Cage, releasing 2022.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer and writer
- 10 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Carl W. Lucas' films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 6
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 4
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 7
Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 4
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 5
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Carl W. Lucas' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Carl W. Lucas' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
The Old Way(2023)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Wave(2019)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
My Name is Myeisha(2018)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Field Guide to Evil(2018)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Cortez(2017)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Fender Bender(2016)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Blackout(2014)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Don't Blink(2014)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Signal(2014)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Rambler(2013)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Ilegal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Career shape
A full career of 6 titles from 2010 to 2023.
Biggest box office
The Signal (2014)
Highest rated
The Wave (2019)
Most popular right now
The Old Way (2023)
Film career
- 2019Screen debut· The Wave
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Carl W. Lucas' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 23rd percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 25th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Divisive2
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 31/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Carl W. Lucas' work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Carl W. Lucas work with?
People who share at least 2 of Carl W. Lucas' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joshua Bunting shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Calvin Lee ReederShared titles: The Field Guide to Evil (2018), The Rambler (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Calvin Lee Reeder
Actors
- Bill SageShared titles: The Wave (2019), Fender Bender (2016), The Blackout (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Bill Sage
- Abraham BenrubiShared titles: The Old Way (2023), The Blackout (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Abraham Benrubi
- Cassidy FreemanShared titles: Cortez (2017), Fender Bender (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Cassidy Freeman
Editors
- Lana WolvertonShared titles: The Wave (2019), Fender Bender (2016), Don't Blink (2014), The Blackout (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Lana Wolverton
Producers
- Joshua BuntingShared titles: The Old Way (2023), The Wave (2019), My Name is Myeisha (2018), Cortez (2017), Fender Bender (2016), The Blackout (2014)See all 6 shared titles with Joshua Bunting
- Nia RaginiShared titles: The Wave (2019), My Name is Myeisha (2018), The Field Guide to Evil (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Nia Ragini
- Robert DehnShared titles: The Wave (2019), My Name is Myeisha (2018), The Field Guide to Evil (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Dehn
- Andrew P. AguilarShared titles: The Wave (2019), Fender Bender (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew P. Aguilar