Trivia

For the film Dead Serious 2005 Grant sat for hours while makeup artist, Anthony Pepe created a plaster cast of Grant's facial, head, neck, and teeth areas to develop the mask for the Master Vampire when the character Reverend Bob Rivington makes his transformation at the end of the film. Anthony Pepe designed the Dead Serious film poster using Grant's portrait to shape the blood-dripping vampire image. 'Dead Serious' premiered and won "Best Comedy Horror Feature Film" at "The New York Horror Festival" 2005.

The semi-circular scar over Grant's left eye brow and nose was inflicted by the lens ring of an Arri BL 16mm camera in the hands of director Emad Beshay while filming 'The Lost Face' 2000.

Moved to LA in 2019, Grant has brought his imagination to Hollywood, continuing his quest to create original dramatic and comic characters in a variety of independent film and stage projects.

As Executive Producers, Marlin Darrah and Carson Grant won several online film festivals for 'Amazon Queen'. -Amazon Queen won for 'Best Indie Film', in "Miami Indie Film" Awards, June, 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best International Feature Film' in "Port Blair International Film Festival" in 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Feature Film' in "Naples Film Awards", June 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best International Feature' in "Toronto Independent Film Festival" May 2021. Amazon Queen won 'Best Feature Film' in "Argenteuil International Film Festival" Awards, June 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Thriller' Feature Film in "Berlin International Art Film Festival" Awards June 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best International Feature Film' in "NY Arts & Cinema Magazine" Awards, July 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best U.S. Feature Film' in "Channel Islands International Film Awards," July 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Narrative Feature Film' in "Gangtok International Film Festival", July 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Narrative Feature' in "L'Age d'Or International Film Festival", July 2021. Amazon Queen won a series of awards in "Rome International Movie Award" June 2021: 'Best Action Feature', 'Best Trailer', 'Best Producers' -Amazon Queen won 'Best International Feature Film' in "Port Blair International Film Festival", July 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Special Mention Feature Film' in "IndieFest Awards of Merit", July 2021. Amazon Queen won 'Best Action Feature Film' and 'Best Producers' in "Eastern Europe International Movie Awards" July 2021. Amazon Queen wins 2024 Best International Feature Film at the Bahrain International Film Festival.

ONLINE 2021 WON: -Amazon Queen won the 'Philip D'Antoni Award for Best Feature Film' in "the New York City Film and Television Film Festival" 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Narrative Feature Film' in the "Singapore World Film Festival" August 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Feature Film' in "Washington Film Festival" August 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Drama Feature Film' in "Boben International Film Festival." September 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Cinematography' in the "Silicon Beach Film Festival" 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Dramatic Feature Film' in "Denver Mile High International Film Festival". 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Film Action Thriller' in "Mesa International Film Festival" 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Honorable Mention' award in the Best Film category in the "Hollywood Indi Festival" 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Feature Film' and 'Best Producers' awards in the 'Europe Independent Movie Festival" 2021. -Amazon Queen won 'Best Travel Motion Picture' special jury award in the "International Motion Picture Film Festival" 2021.

Grant's paternal family lineage 'Ferri' in music and stage history includes his great grandfather, Niccolò Luigi Francesco Paolo Agostino Ferri, an Italian opera composer of 'Luigi Rolla' and 'Lara' for La Scala in Milan 1850. Grant's great grand uncle, Giovanni Ferri, an Italian opera tenor, who trod the boards of the major theaters of Italy, France, Spain, Russia and America among other countries, under the anagram "Ettore Irfrè" received acclaim and honors. During a singing moment of Niccolo Piccinini opera in Bari Opera House 1877, Ettore brought the ultimate triumph in death to himself at age 56.

Grant's maternal family lineage 'Sweet' ancestry records dates from 1350 in England and Wales migrating to Devon, England 1450. On the Winthrop Fleet with fellow Reverend Roger Williams, Reverend John Isaac Sweet with his wife Mary Wescott Periam and two children, (written on ship passenger list as "friends of Roger Williams") sailed to Salem, Mass 1632. Roger Williams purchased land from the Narragansett Indians, then in the late winter of 1636 traveled with 38 families including the Sweets to establish the Colony Plantation of Providence, Rhode Island, based on the premise of religious freedom.