Carter's passions are storytelling, creating visual intrigue, and editing, proven by being selected into over 120 national and international film festivals. He has been an award winner, nominated, or a finalist at over 75. The most recent accolades are official selections into the Coronado Island Film Festival, the Sidewalk Film Festival, The All-American High School Film Festival, The Catalina Film Festival, where his film was nominated for best high school short (Best of Fest), and an Award Winner at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.