D.J. Caruso
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Caruso came west to play tennis and study
Television Production at Pepperdine University. Interned at Disney
Studios in the Product Placement department and later hooked up with
Director John Badham, who mentored him into a second-unit director, after
Badham lost his 2nd-unit director Rob Cohen to a first-unit directing
career. He hooked up with writer Scott Rosenberg, who penned a short film for
him entitled, Cyclops, Baby (1997). The film helped launch Caruso's directing
career.
