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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Daniel John Caruso Jr. (Шаблон:IPAc-en; born January 17, 1965) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His work encompasses a variety of genres, including thriller (Disturbia, Taking Lives), drama (Standing Up), horror (The Disappointments Room), and action (I Am Number Four, XXX: Return of Xander Cage). He has also directed numerous episodes of television series such as The Shield, Over There, Smallville, and Dark Angel. The majority of his films fall into the thriller and action film genres.

Early life and education

Caruso was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Lorraine (Zullo) and Daniel John Caruso, who owned a salon, House of Beauty.[1] He is of Italian descent.[2] He graduated from Norwalk High School in 1983. He is a graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.[3][4]

Career

Caruso began his career as a protege of director John Badham, acting as producer and second unit director on films like Point of No Return, Drop Zone, and Nick of Time. He directed multiple episodes of television series like High Incident and Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, in addition to two made-for-television films.

His feature film directorial debut was The Salton Sea, a stylish 2002 crime thriller starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio that has since gained minor cult status. Caruso next directed the Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke-starring psychological thriller film Taking Lives. The film was released in theaters on March 19, 2004, but did not meet box office expectations, grossing $65,470,529 from a $35 million budget. However, the film proved to be a success on home video, holding its place as the number one best-selling DVD for three straight weeks. Two for the Money was Caruso's next film which was considered "a well done sport thriller, but with too many details".Шаблон:Citation needed The film was released on October 7, 2005, and was a moderate success, grossing $30,526,509 worldwide with a modest budget of $18 million. It was later released on DVD on January 17, 2006.

In 2007, Caruso was asked by Steven Spielberg to direct Disturbia. The movie was Caruso's first big hit, grossing over $117 million on a $20 million budget. It starred Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, David Morse, Aaron Yoo, and Carrie-Anne Moss. It was released April 13, 2007 in theaters and on DVD August 7.[5] Eagle Eye was Caruso's second collaboration with producer Spielberg and actor LaBeouf. It also starred Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson and was released in theaters September 26, 2008. Critical reactions were mixed to negative but, on its opening weekend the movie grossed $29.1 million in 3,510 theaters in the United States and Canada. As of 2017, it has grossed $201 million worldwide with a movie budget of $80 million.

He directed the YA novel adaptation I Am Number Four in 2011, which film grossed $161 million worldwide, but failed to build enough interest for an intended sequel. Two years later, he fulfilled a long-time passion project with the coming-of-age film Standing Up, the director's first family film. It is based on Brock Cole's novel, The Goats. The film stars Chandler Canterbury and Annalise Basso as two geeky children who embark on a journey of discovery and self-discovery after they are stripped naked and left stranded together on an island as part of a summer camp prank. Caruso began adapting the novel in the early nineties with then-partner Ken Aguado, who produced the film. Standing Up was produced for a small budget of $3 million and was released on August 16, 2013.

In August 2013, Caruso planned to direct the film adaptation of the comic Preacher.[6][7] Caruso was also working on a film titled Selling Time, a supernatural thriller potentially starring Will Smith, about a man who is given the unique opportunity to relive the worst day of his life, in exchange for seven years off his own life expectancy.[8] Both projects have since fallen through, with the former property being adapted into a hit television series aired on AMC.

He was a guest judge on the Fox reality television show On the Lot for the episode of May 28 and 29 in 2007. Caruso directed his first music video in 2007 for the song "Don't Make Me Wait" by This World Fair.[9] In 2009, he directed the music video for Airborne Toxic Event's song "Sometime Around Midnight".

On April 2, 2015, Caruso was hired to direct the third installment in the G.I. Joe film series, with Aaron Berg writing the screenplay.[10][11] October 2015, actor and producer Vin Diesel had Caruso sign on as the director of XXX: Return of Xander Cage.[12] The film was debuted as the number one film in the world and made $347 million worldwide.

Caruso directed the film Redeeming Love based on Francine Rivers' 1991 novel of the same name after "he fell in love with the characters and the story when his wife introduced him to the novel." The film was set for a spring 2021 release,[13] but was rescheduled to early 2022.

Personal life

Caruso married actress Holly Kuespert on July 6, 1990. They have five children: Brandon, Daniel, Sophia, Charlie and Sally.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2002 The Salton Sea Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:No
2004 Taking Lives Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:No
2005 Two for the Money Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:No
2007 Disturbia Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:No
2008 Eagle Eye Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:No
2011 I Am Number Four Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:No
Inside Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:Yes Social film
2013 Standing Up Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:Yes
2016 The Disappointments Room Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:Yes
2017 XXX: Return of Xander Cage Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:No
2022 Redeeming Love Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:Yes
Shut In Шаблон:Yes Шаблон:No

Producer

Year Title Notes
1991 The Hard Way Associate producer
1993 Point of No Return Associate producer and 2nd unit director
Another Stakeout Co-producer and 2nd unit director
1994 Drop Zone Also 2nd unit director
1995 Nick of Time Executive producer and 2nd unit director
2002 Crazy as Hell

Television

Year Title Notes
1996 VR.5 1 episode
1996-97 High Incident 4 episodes
1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction 8 episodes
Wrote 1 episode
1998 Mercy Point 1 episode
Buddy Faro 1 episode
1999 Martial Law 1 episode
The Strip 1 episode
2001 Dark Angel 1 episode
Going to California 4 episodes
2002 Robbery Homicide Division 2 episodes
Smallville 1 episode
2002–2006 The Shield 4 episodes
2005 Over There 1 episode

Executive producer

References

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