An American film and television director, D. J. Caruso is known for making films like Taking Lives (2004), Two for the Money (2005), Disturbia (2007), and Standing Up (2013). His TV credits include few shows like Martial Law, Smallville, and The Shield.

Early Life
Born to Daniel John Caruso and Lorraine Zullo in Connecticut, Caruso completed his schooling, in 1983, from Norwalk High School and graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

Personal Life
In 1991, Caruso tied the knot with Holly Kuespert, an actress and together they have five children, namely, Brandon, Daniel, Sophia, Charlie, and Sally.

Movie Career
In 2002, Caruso made his directorial debut with the Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio starrer The Salton Sea. A neo-noir crime thriller, the movie opened to mixed response from the audiences and critics alike. He then directed Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, and Kiefer Sutherland is the psychological thriller Taking Lives. In spite of being marketed well, the movie failed at the box office, with Rotten Tomatoes, giving it a score of 22%, based on 157 reviews from the movie critics.

Caruso’s first hit came with the American horror thriller film Disturbia. Starring Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer and Carrie-Anne Moss in lead roles, the movie is about a teenager, who while on house arrest, starts suspecting his neighbor, to be a serial killer. The movie fared well at the box office, garnering good reviews all around. Subsequently, he directed average grossers like Eagle Eye (2008), I Am Number Four (2011), Standing Up (2013), and The Disappointments Room (2016).

His 2017 project includes the third film in the xXx franchise, xXx: Return of Xander Cage. Written by F. Scott Frazier, the movie stars Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Ruby Rose, Rory McCann, Kris Wu and Ariadna Gutiérrez in important roles.