Biography
I have previously written and directed two narrative shorts: Shake, Rattle and Roll (1997) and Come Again? (1998). While studying in Canada, I developed a personal documentary about illegitimacy, entitled Bastard (2001). My work has been screened at Raindance, Docupolis, The One Minute Film & Video Festival and the International Tel-Aviv Film Festival.
Additionally, I have toiled as a producer and editor on numerous short films. From 1983 to 1987 I was a set decorator at Pinewood Studios, working on such films as Aliens, Legend and Full Metal Jacket. In 1997 I was on the crew of Mike Figgis’ The Death of Sexual Innocence.
I graduated from the University of Newcastle at Northumbria’s Media Production Programme in 1998. Supported by a Commonwealth Scholarship, I went on to successfully complete a Film and Video Masters Degree at York University, Toronto. I am currently Assistant Head for the School of Film, Media and Communication.
Research outputs
2025
Superman wasn’t always so squeaky clean – in early comics he was a radical vigilante
Caro, J.
10 Jul 2025, In: The Conversation
Research output: Article
2024
The Boys season four: gleefully nasty, gory and dysfunctional anti-superhero show is back
Caro, J.
13 Jun 2024, In: The Conversation, 1p.
Research output: Article
2023
“I suggest you don’t worry about those things and just enjoy yourself":: Time Travel, the Scientist and the Evolution of Narrative Conventions
Caro, J., Pank, D.
26 Apr 2023,
Research output: Conference contribution
2022
"I suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself": Time travel, the scientist, and the evolution of narrative conventions
Pank, D., Caro, J.
14 Apr 2022,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2020
Interview with Beano writer Andy Fanton
Caro, J.
1 Nov 2020, In: Studies in Comics. 11, 2, p. 423-441, 19p.
Research output: Article