Before success in the music and film industries, Carruthers worked in corporate videos and in the conference and events industries. He began his directing career in the music business touring with English pop group
Take That in 1993. He also toured with
Jamiroquai,
Texas, and
Oasis. In 1996 he directed the visuals and filmed the Oasis Knebworth shows and in 1997 he was invited aboard the
Rolling Stones’
Bridges To Babylon World Tour. In 2002 he joined forces with Anouk Fontaine at
Metropolis Studios in London England working as M: Productions. Cheese Film Video Ltd. was incorporated in 2005.
Work with Led Zeppelin being welcomed to the stage by Dick Carruthers to talk to press about the film Celebration Day at its premiere at the
Hammersmith Apollo in London Carruthers was introduced to
Jimmy Page following the acclaim of
The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2000). Page wanted to sort through unseen footage of
Led Zeppelin in its prime and spent a year and a half with Carruthers making the retrospective double-disc
Led Zeppelin DVD with vintage footage from concerts filmed in London, Paris, New York and elsewhere. The release won numerous awards, was nominated for a BAFTA and remains one of the best selling music DVDs of all time. Carruthers continued his association with Led Zeppelin as the creative director on the Warner Home video Special Edition release of
The Song Remains the Same (recorded during three nights of concerts at New York’s
Madison Square Garden, on the band’s 1973 concert tour of the US), adding feature extras, cuts of new songs, and surround sound. When the band agreed to the O2 reunion (2007), a benefit for the
Ahmet Ertegün Education Fund, Carruthers was hired to direct the filming. The resulting film
Celebration Day was released to worldwide acclaim on 17 October 2012 (UK).
Work with Oasis Carruthers first worked with the British rock band
Oasis on their
Earls Court shows in 1995, and the
Maine Road shows in 1996, later released as
...There and Then (1996). In 2000 as director on the documentary
Familiar to Millions (recorded at
Wembley Stadium on 21 July 2000), as well as Standing On The Edge Of The Noise (Channel 4), Live At Union Chapel (Channel 4), and Glasgow Barowlands (Sky TV). To mark the tenth anniversary of its original release Carruthers also directed
Definitely Maybe released on DVD in September 2004. Carruthers later worked with the band's guitarist, songwriter
Noel Gallagher on his ''
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'' debut album documentary DVD.
Documentaries and live concerts Other documentaries and live concerts include
Sarah Brightman - Dreamchaser in Concert (2013), ''
Don't Believe the Truth - Live In Manchester
(2005), 10 Years Of Noise and Confusion
(shot at Glasgow Barrowlands), the rockumentary film Lord Don't Slow Me Down (2007), Standing on the Edge of the Noise'' (2008), a
Josh Groban (2015) PBS TV special, and an
Imagine Dragons (2016) live DVD filmed at The Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Work with Julian Lennon In 2012 Carruthers worked with
Julian Lennon on the feature length video documentary
Through The Picture Window which followed Lennon's journey in the making of his album
Everything Changes and includes interviews with
Steven Tyler,
Bono and Paul Buchanan from
The Blue Nile.
Through The Picture Window was also released as an app in all formats with bespoke videos for all 14 tracks from the album.
Work with The Script In 2011 Carruthers directed
The Script's DVD
Homecoming: Live at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, which was part of the Irish group's
Science & Faith Tour and was their biggest headline show to date (50,000 people).
Work with Aerosmith In 2014 the
Aerosmith Rocks Donington DVD was released directed by Carruthers. The film captures the group headlining the massive
Download Festival at Donington Park as they deliver a set of their greatest hits. == Awards ==