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.