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DAMON LINDELOF, Co-creator/Executive Producer of the ABC Television Network's "Lost"

Despite being advised that his brain would rot, Damon Lindelof spent the majority of his childhood watching television. After a brief flirtation with movies by way of a film degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he hopped in his car and traveled west.

Treating Los Angeles as a de facto grad school, he worked for a literary agency, Paramount Studios, and finally as a creative executive for producer Alan Ladd, Jr., before reminding himself that his true passion was TV.

Shedding his suit and tie for a T-Shirt and Birkenstocks, Lindelof took a job as a writer's assistant on Kevin Williamson's ABC drama, "Wasteland." Shortly thereafter, fortune smiled upon him and he was made a staff writer. Shortly after that, misfortune smiled upon him and the show was cancelled. He went on to write for CBS staple "Nash Bridges" for its final season (coincidence?) and then moved on to NBC's new drama, "Crossing Jordan," where he wrote and produced for three seasons. Then he got "Lost." Within 12 weeks of complete insanity, Lindelof and co-creator J.J. Abrams managed to make a completely weird, ridiculously untenable and vastly expensive pilot for ABC that centered on the survivors of a plane crash in the South Pacific. Despite this, "Lost" won a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Television Series and Best Drama in its freshman season. Lindelof continues to write and produce "Lost," which is presently shooting its sixth and final season. A life-long Trekker, he produced Abrams' "Star Trek" reboot, which was released last summer.

In his spare time Lindelof also wrote this bio.

CARLTON CUSE, Executive Producer of the ABC Television Network's "Lost"

Born in Mexico City, Carlton Cuse grew up in Boston and Orange County, California. He attended Harvard University, graduating with a degree in American History. He started his career in feature films, working first as a development executive then formed a partnership with feature writer Jeffrey Boam. Working with Boam, Cuse helped develop the films "Lethal Weapon 2," Lethal Weapon 3" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

In television, Cuse began his writing career on the Michael Mann series "Crime Story." He co-created and executive-produced the critically acclaimed Fox series, "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.," and created and executive-produced two CBS drama series -- "Nash Bridges," starring Don Johnson and Cheech Marin, and "Martial Law," starring Arsenio Hall and Sammo Hung.

Cuse has received three Emmy nominations as a writer and has won two Emmys. The Emmys were for best drama for his work on "Lost," and for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media for his work on "The Dharma Initiative" for Dharmawantsyou.com. He has also won a Golden Globe, a Producers Guild Award and a Writers Guild Award for his work on the show.