Bio
C. Caruso
C. Caruso is an award-winning cinematographer and editor. His debut short film The Spider, written, directed, and edited by him, has gone on to be selected for multiple festivals, such as IndieX Film Fest, Indie Short Fest, and The Nutmeg Film Festival. Securing 2 wins for Best Horror Film and Best Musical Score.
As the Director of Photography for Lonely Girl’s Love Song, Chris can be credited for winning Best Cinematography at The Brightside Film Festival and The Nutmeg Film Festival.
Additionally, his cinematography and editing for the 2023 48 Hour Film Project helped his team secure 9 nominations and 2 wins. When he is not filming, Chris is most likely writing a script and waiting to begin his next project.
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Narrative
The girl in the Portrait
A young painter’s obsession with perfection drives her to make a deal with a supernatural entity to unlock the depths of imagination, breathing a new life into her work.
Lonely Girl's Love Song
Carter is a young adult, desperate to escape the loneliness of her home, filled with her emotionally unavailable, artistic aunt, and thirty-year old deadbeat cousin. She attempts to achieve this through the writings of Sylvia Plath and the fantasy of her girlfriend, Olive, who, in the words of Plath, she “fears she made up inside her head.” By the end, Carter finds solace in the acceptance that being alone, doesn’t have to be lonely, and that she is enough.
The Spider
An emotionally guarded actress must unravel her traumatic past when a supernatural entity known as “The Spider” seeks to keep her tangled in a web of fear and grief.
When The Sun Rises
A western short film created for the 2023 New Haven 48 Hour Film Project.
Bonnie is tired of living on her family's farm, she wants to leave, but doesn't have the means to. That is until her mom rediscovers a map to the legendary "Western Wonder." Bonnie sees this as her way out and won't let anyone get in her way.
Music Videos
Forever: Noah Kahan (Fan Music Video)
