Caroline Dries


Caroline Dries is an American television writer and a producer who has worked as a writer on three series for The CW; Smallville, Melrose Place and served as an executive producer on The Vampire Diaries. She wrote and developed the TV series Batwoman. She is also known for the footage she captured of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center from her New York City apartment while a student at NYU.

Television work

''Smallville''

  • "Cyborg"
  • "Oracle"
  • "Subterranean"
  • "Nemesis"
  • "Action"
  • "Gemini"
  • "Fracture"
  • "Sleeper"
  • "Toxic"
  • "Bloodline"
  • "Infamous"
  • "Stiletto"

    ''Melrose Place''

  • "Grand"
  • "Cahuenga"
  • "Stoner Canyon"
  • "Sepulveda"

    ''The Vampire Diaries''

  • "Miss Mystic Falls"
  • "Isobel"
  • "Memory Lane"
  • "The Sacrifice"
  • "The House Guest"
  • "The Sun Also Rises"
  • "The End of the Affair"
  • "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
  • "Ordinary People"
  • "Dangerous Liaisons"
  • "The Murder Of One"
  • "Before Sunset"
  • "Growing Pains"
  • "My Brother's Keeper"
  • "Into the Wild"
  • "Pictures of You"
  • "The Walking Dead"
  • "Graduation"
  • "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
  • "Handle with Care"
  • "Fifty Shades of Grayson"
  • "500 Years of Solitude"
  • "While You Were Sleeping"
  • "Resident Evil"
  • "Home"
  • "I'll Remember"
  • "Christmas Through Your Eyes"
  • "Stay"
  • "The Downward Spiral"
  • "I'm Thinking of You All the While"
  • "Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take"
  • "Best Served Cold"

    ''Arrow''

  • "Elseworlds, Part 2"

    ''Batwoman''

  • "Pilot"
  • "The Rabbit Hole"
  • "Tell Me the Truth"
  • "How Queer is Everything Today!"
  • "Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?"
  • "Do Not Resucitate"
  • "I'll Give You a Clue"
  • "Power"
  • "Mad as a Hatter"
  • “A Lesson from Professor Pyg”
  • “Meet Your Maker”
  • “We Having Fun Yet”

    September 11, 2001 experience

At 08:46 on 9/11, Dries and her roommate Megan were sleeping in at their New York University dormitory. They were awakened when American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower. Dries began videotaping the crash scene with a camcorder she got about a week prior, while other dorm members came into the room. About fifteen minutes later, while zooming in on people jumping out of the building, the South Tower was hit; Megan began screaming while Dries said "Oh my God!" repeatedly and questioning what to do when they realized it was a deliberate attack. Due to the camera initially being on the North Tower, she did not capture the actual collision. Horrified, Megan began packing a few belongings in an attempt to flee the scene, with Dries following. When they got out of the building, they noticed that everyone else was equally confused. With no leads and not feeling safe, they went back to their dorm and watched the scene with their friends. As they were about to drink apple juice mixed with vodka, Megan looked back at the tower and screamed again; Dries turned the camera back to show the South Tower collapsing. Everyone continued to remain in the room until after the North Tower collapsed.
Dries' footage was used in the 2008 History Channel documentary 102 Minutes That Changed America.