D.J. Caruso

D.J. Caruso was born on Jan 17, 1965 in USA. D.J. Caruso's big-screen debut came with The Hard Way directed by John Badham in 1991. D.J. Caruso is known for Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault directed by Eriq La Salle, Don Cheadle stars as Earl "The Goat" Manigault and James Earl Jones as Dr. McDuffie. The upcoming new movie D.J. Caruso plays is Shut In which will be released on Feb 10, 2022.

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.