Robert Caruso

Robert Caruso

Robert Caruso is an award-winning director of commercials, music video, film, and online content

Caruso garnered praise and success for his comic approach, innovation, and animation. The off-beat perspective and wry humor bring acclaim to client's commercial spots, music videos, and film. Recently, he directed commercial productions for Clorox, Nestlé, Sprint, and Verizon. His collaboration includes film, music, and sports talent - creating memorable work with celebrities, as varied as actors James Earl Jones, Will Smith, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jamie Foxx or sports figures, such as skateboarder Tony Hawk, basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, and hockey legend Wayne Gretzky.

Previously, Caruso was recruited to Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), George Lucas's special effects company. With ILM's Commercial Production (ILMCP) division, he directed spots for Coors, DirecTV, Disney, Kraft, Motorola, and Sprint He directed music video titles for actor/musician Will Smith, winning awards for "Men In Black" and "Will2K". In collaboration with ILM's Academy Award winning animators and special effects artists, he directed several character animation projects. Robert garnered many industry honors at ILMCP including a Clio, London International Advertising Award, Anicom Animation award, MTV Award, Billboard Magazine Award and Grammy nomination.

Early in his career, Caruso co-founded Commotion Pictures, a San Francisco-based film production company, with Andrew Linsk. There, he directed nearly fifty music videos and began his commercial career. In addition, he represented a roster of directors and shared Executive Producer responsibilities. His music industry clients and artists included Warner's Green Day, A&M's Soundgarden, Virgin's John Lee Hooker, Columbia's Public Enemy, and Island's PJ Harvey. He directed commercial spots for: Sega, Time Warner, Taco Bell, and Levi Strauss. Commotion produced marketing films for Pacific Bell, Sega, Crystal Dynamics and others.


=Awards=
*Grammy Award Nomination Will Smith's "Will2K" music video
*1st Place at Anicomm Awards: Hefty "Gingerbread Man" Animation
*Finalist Australian Effects & Animation Festival: "Gingerbread Man"
*Bronze from Clio Awards: Visual Effects for Hefty "Gingerbread Man"
*Gold from London Effects & Animation Festival (LEAF): Hefty "Gingerbread Man"
*Best Commercial from London International Advertising Awards: Hefty "Eskimo"
*MTV Awards: for Will Smith's Men In Black, music video

Video

*Early Green Day video filmed by Robert Caruso, "Longview"
*"Men In Black" music video (director)
*"Just Cruising" music video, starring Will Smith, (director)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Caruso — is an Italian surname and may refer to:*Enrico Caruso (1873 1921), Italian opera singer *David Caruso (born 1956), American actor *D. J. Caruso (born 1965), American film director *Henry Caruso, American founder of Dollar Rent A Car *Robert… …   Wikipedia

  • Caruso: Der König des Gesangs —   »Zärtlicheres gab es auf Erden nicht, als den Zwiegesang aus einer modernen italienischen Oper. .. als diese bescheidene und innige Gefühlsannäherung zwischen der weltberühmten Tenorstimme, die so vielfach in den Alben vertreten war, und einem… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Robert Webber — Données clés Naissance 14 octobre 1924 Santa Ana, Californie États Unis Nationalité Américain Décès …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Robert B. Ingebretsen — (c. 1949–2 March 2003) was a pioneer in the development of digital sound.As a teenager in the 1960s, Ingebretsen built robots and primitive computers that could talk. As a University of Utah graduate student, Ingebretsen worked with Thomas… …   Wikipedia

  • Robert Webber — Infobox actor name = Robert Webber imagesize = caption = birthname = Robert L. Webber birthdate = birth date|1924|10|14 location = Santa Ana, California, U.S. deathdate = death date and age|1989|05|19|1924|10|14 (Lou Gehrig s disease) deathplace …   Wikipedia

  • Enrico Caruso Compact Disc discography — Enrico Caruso with phonograph This is a list of some notable compilations of recordings of the famous Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso (1873–1921) on compact disc. Caruso died nearly three decades before the commercial introduction of long… …   Wikipedia

  • Enrico Caruso discography (CD) — This is a list of some notable compilations of recordings of the famous Italian opera tenor Enrico Caruso (1873 ndash;1921) on compact disc.Caruso died nearly three decades before the commercial introduction of long playing records (LPs), so his… …   Wikipedia

  • Frank T. Caruso — Frank T. Skids Caruso (December 26, 1911 ndash;December 31, 1983) was a Chicago mobster involved in illegal gambling and racketeering activities for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization during the 1950s. Originally from Chicago s Near… …   Wikipedia

  • Scapigliatura — is the name of the artistic movement which developed in Italy after the period known as Risorgimento, (1815 1871, which led to the unification of Italy and the modern Italian state). The name Scapigliatura is the Italian equivalent of the French… …   Wikipedia

  • Chris Whitley — in concert in Belgium, 1998 Background information Birth name Christopher Becker Whitley Born …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”